Painting A painter mixed 56 quarts of blue and yellow paint using a ratio of 3 blue to 11 yellow. How many quarts of blue paint were used?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
Painting A painter mixed 56 quarts of blue and yellow paint using a ratio of 3 blue to 11 yellow.
Determine how many quarts of blue paint were used.
Solution:
In order to determine how many quarts of blue paint were used, we simply need to divide 56 by 11, then multiply by 3. We are following this mathematical computation since we are given a ratio of proportionality.
= 56/11
= 5.1
= (5.1)(3)
=15.2
We'll round it to the nearest whole number in order to have a concise answer/
= 15
FInal answer:
15 quarts of blue paint were used.