Question

Steffi is painting her house. She has calculated she needs 40 litres of paint in total. She has decided to mix pink paint. She will need 3 litres of white for every litres of red. How many litres of each colour will she need to buy?

Answer 1

Red=10 Pink=30

Explanation:

you said for every litres of red; therefore, you need 3 litres of pink paint. So the steps are like this 3+1(P+R) ........... you need 30 litres pink and 10 litres red