Question

In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 and 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?

Answer 1

Answer:

To make 100 cups of the required shade of green the amount of blue, green and white paint required is 150 cups, 200 cups and 50 gallons respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that in order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 and 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint.  

We need to find out how much of each colour is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint.

Assuming that the given data is to make 1 cup of the required shade of green, we now need to find the amount of colours needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint.

For 1 cup of the required green paint 1.5 cups of blue paint is used, hence for 100 cups the amount of blue paint required is:

=100 x 1.5=150

For 1 cup of the required green paint 2 cups of green paint is used, hence for 100 cups the amount of green paint required is:

=100 x 2=200

Similarly, for 1 cup of the required green paint 0.5 gallons of white paint is used, hence for 100 cups the amount of white paint required is:

=100  x 0.5=50