A paint mixture contains 5 gallons of base for every gallon of color. In 108 gallons of paint, how many gallons of color are there?

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Macey Middleton

17 September, 02:41

A paint mixture contains 5 gallons of base for every gallon of color. In 108 gallons of paint, how many gallons of color are there?

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Cesar Villa · Answer 1

18 gallons of color

Step-by-step explanation:

First we have 5 gal of base and 1 gal of color. When you add them together you get 6 gal of colored paint. Then we divied 108 by 6 to get 18. Now if it was 3 base and 2 color then you would multiply 18 by 2. But scence the ratio is 5/1 the answer is 18.