Question

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?

Answer 1

Answer:

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.