A painter is making a new color she used color A, color B and color C. In the ratio 2:5:6. She used 91 gallons of paint. How much of color she use?

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Bennett Lin

10 October, 23:07

A painter is making a new color she used color A, color B and color C. In the ratio 2:5:6. She used 91 gallons of paint. How much of color she use?

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Madeline Cochran · Answer 1

You can solve by putting this into an equation:

2x + 5x + 6x = 91

The x represents the amount of color times its ratio

13x = 91

x = 7

So now we have:

2 (7) + 5 (7) + 6 (7) = 91

14 + 35 + 42 = 91

49 + 42 = 91

91 = 91