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mel-nik [20]
3 years ago
10

Mary mixes white paint and blue paint in the ratio 2:3 . She makes a total of 20 litres of paint. How much more blue paint does

she need to add to the mixture so that the ratio of white paint and blue paint becomes 1:7 ?
Mathematics
1 answer:
lianna [129]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

An additional amount of blue is: 44 liters

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this problem in the two steps:

First we will make proportion

w : b = 2 : 3  =>  w = 2 c  and b = 3 c  where c is coefficient of proportion

We know that we have a total of 20 l of paint, which mean>

w + b = 20 => 2 c + 3 c = 20 => 5 c = 20 => c = 20/5 = 4 => c = 4

w = 2 c = 2 · 4 = 8 liters

b = 3 · 4 = 12 liters

Now we will make second proportion:

w : (b + x) = 8 : (12 + x) = 1 : 7  

When we multiply external and internal members we get:

12 + x = 8 · 7 => 12 + x = 56  =>  x = 56 - 12 = 44 liters

x = 44 liters

God with you!!!

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