Jack mixes yellow and blue paint to make green paint that he will use to paint his basement. He uses a ratio of 3 pints of yellow paint for every 2 pints of blue paint. Jack pours 18 pints of yellow paint into a bucket. How many pints

of blue paint should jack add to the bucket?

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Anabel Waller

25 September, 18:41

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Alina Chung · Answer 1

12 pints of blue paint should be mixed in becuase 3:2 is equal to 18:12.

Jack mixes yellow and blue paint to make green paint that he will use to paint his basement. He uses a ratio of 3 pints of yellow paint for every 2 pints of blue paint. Jack pours 18 pints of yellow paint into a bucket. How many pintsof blue paint should jack add to the bucket?