to make green paint, the store mixes yellow and blue in the ratio 2:3. if they used 15 litres of yellow paint, how much blue paint did they use

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Raiden Rice

21 May, 18:14

to make green paint, the store mixes yellow and blue in the ratio 2:3. if they used 15 litres of yellow paint, how much blue paint did they use

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Josh Tate · Answer 1

2:3 is only the most simplified ratio, and since the store used 15 liters of paint, 15/3 = 5 liters of paint. That means 5 * 2 = 10 cans of blue paint.