Question

In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 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

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for the peach paint is given as :

White gallon

Red gallon

Yellow gallon

That means in this ratio it can be mixed always to make peach paint.

Now the question says the volume of white and yellow paint must be an integer.

So we have to take LCM of and to make both volumes of white and yellow paint an integer.

Minimum multiplication factor is .

Therefore White Paint gallon and yellow Paint gallon.

Red paint can be in decimal.

So red paint gallon