Question

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Kaylee is mixing paint for an art project. She mixes 5 ounces of green paint with every 3 ounces of white paint. She needs 50 ounces of the paint mixture. I need it as a equation

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let Kaylee used the amount of green paint in the mixture = x ounces

and the amount of white paint = y ounces

Total amount of mixture = 50 ounces

Equation will be x + y = 50 ------(1)

Ratio of green paint to the white paint in the mixture = 5 : 3

⇒ x : y = 5 : 3

⇒
`(x)/(y)=(5)/(3)`

⇒ x =
`(5)/(3)y` ---------(2)

Therefore, By solving these two equations by substitution method we can get the amount of green and white paint used in the mixture.