Steffi is painting her house. She has calculated she needs 40 litres of paint in total. She
has decided to mix pink paint. She will need 3 litres of white for every 2 litres of red. How
many litres of each colour will she need to buy?
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To make 40 liters of pink paint, Steffi needs to buy 24 liters of white paint and 16 liters of red paint.
Explained :
No. of liters white paint required for making pink paint
Total liters of paint required = 40 liters
Given,
No. of liters white paint required for making pink paint = 3
No. of liters red paint required for making pink paint = 2
Total no. of pink paint produced = 5
So, if we multiply 5 liters of pink paint with 8 we get total 40 liters of paint.
Hence, if we multiply 3 liters of white paint with 8 we get 24. Steffi needs to buy 24 liters of white paint.
Similarity, if we multiply 2 liters of white paint with 8 we get 16. Which means Steffi needs to buy 16 liters of red paint.
Hope you have understood.
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