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To mix a particular shade of purple paint, read paint and blue paint are mixed in the ratio 5:3. To make 80 gallons of this shade of purple paint, how many gallons of red and blue paint should be used?

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Answer:

50 gallons of red

30 gallons of blue

Explanation:

5 parts of the whole must be red, 3 parts of the whole must be blue, and there are 5+3=8 parts in total.

therefore, 1 part = 80/8 = 10 gallons

red : 5 parts

5×10 = 50 gallons

blue : 3 parts

3×10 = 30 gallons

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