Question

a pot of grey paint contains black and white paint. 15percent of the paint is black.
A) what percentage of grey paint is white
B) how much black paint would be required to make 3.5 liters of grey paint
C) how mch white paint would be used to make 5.2 litres of grey paint.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 85% because when we subtract 15 from 100 we get 85.

B. black should be used less and white should be use in large amount. So 0.5 liter black and 3 liter white paint.

C. 1 liter black and 4.2 liter white