Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

The ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint that make the same shade of green paint is 5/9

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio represents how many units are of one kind compare with another kind.  

In this case ,  we are comparing gallons of blue paint with gallons of yellow paint. To get the green color we use  5 gallons of blue paint with every 9 gallons of yellow paint To get the ratio we divide both amounts.