Question

A housepainter mixed 5 gal of blue paint with every 9 gal of yellow paint in order to make green paint. Which ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint will make the same shade of green paint?​

Answer 1

10:18

Explanation:

when you multiply both of the ratios of paint by 2 you get 10 and 18 which makes the same shade if green paint because the ratio is just 2 times more if the original ratio (9:5)