Question

Nora mixes 5 parts of blue and 3 parts yellow to make green after nora mixes her paint she has 72 ounces of green paint how many ounces of yellow and blue paint did she use in her mixture

Answer 1

We were told that Nora mixed 5 parts of blue and 3 parts yellow to make green. The ratio of blue paint to yellow paint in the mixture(green paint) is 5 : 3

The sum of the ratio is 5 + 3 = 8

Given that 72 ounces of green paint was produced,

the number of ounces of yellow paint used would be

3/8 * 72 = 27 ounces

the number of ounces of blue paint used would be

5/8 * 72 = 45 ounces