Question

To make green paint a painter mixes yellow paint and bluepaint in the ratio of 3:2 if he used twelve liters of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?

Answer 1

He used yellow paint  

=

12

=12 liters

Given ratio  

3

:

2

3:2

12

/

3

=

4

12/3=4

4

4 multiply by  

2

=

8

2=8

Therefore, he had to use  

8

8 liters of blue paint