Painting
Algebra
Level
1
Purple paint is made with a 16:3:1 ratio of white paint:blue paint:red paint. How much white paint, in gallons, is needed in order to make 40 gallon of purple paint?
32
36
8
2
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1 solution
let x = proportionality constant for the three paints 16x + 3x + x = 40 x = 2 thus white paint = 16x = 16(2) = 32 gallons..