Question

Hamza bought 8 gallons of brown paint to paint his kitchen and dinning room. Unfortunately, when hamza started painting, he thought the paint was too dark for his house,so he wanted he wanted to make it lighter. The store manager would not let hamza return the paint but did inform that if he used 1 4 of a gallon of white paint mixed with 2 gallons of brown paint, he would get the shade of brown he desires. If hamza decided to take this approach, how many gallons of white paint would hamza have to buy to lighten the 8 gallons of brown paint?

Answer 1

14 galans of white paint and 2 gallons of brown paint

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

1 gallon of white paint.

Explanation:

It takes 1/4 of a gallon of white paint to lighten 2 gallons of brown paint.

He bought 8 gallons of brown paint; this means he has 8/2 = 4 groups of brown paint he can lighten.

Each group of brown paint takes 1/4 of a gallon of white paint; 4(1/4) = 1 gallon of white paint total.