Answer: 2c^2
Step by step explanation:
There were 15 gallons of water to begin with. hope this helps
The 4 litres of red has to be 2 parts of the mixture, so each part will be 2 litres. Therefore 3 parts of cream will be 6 litres and the one part of blue will be 2 litres.
<em>x</em>/<em>r</em> + <em>x</em>/<em>w</em> + <em>x</em>/<em>t</em> = 1
<em>x</em> (1/<em>r</em> + 1/<em>w</em> + 1/<em>t</em>) = 1
<em>x</em> = 1 / (1/<em>r</em> + 1/<em>w</em> + 1/<em>t</em>)
To make the solution a bit cleaner, multiply through the numerator and denominator by the LCM of each fraction's denominator, <em>rwt</em> :
<em>x</em> = 1 / (1/<em>r</em> + 1/<em>w</em> + 1/<em>t</em>) • <em>rwt</em> / <em>rwt</em>
<em>x</em> = <em>rwt</em> / (<em>rwt</em>/<em>r</em> + <em>rwt</em>/<em>w</em> + <em>rwt</em>/<em>t</em>)
<em>x</em> = <em>rwt</em> / (<em>wt</em> + <em>rt</em> + <em>rw</em>)