Question

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A certain shade of paint is made by mixing 5 parts blue paint with 2 parts white paint. To get
the correct shade, how many quarts of white paint should be mixed with 8.5 quarts of blue
paint?

Answer 1

5.5

Explanation:

8.5-5=3.5

so you need to add 3.5 to the amount of white paint.

2+3.5 is 5.5

The answer is 5.5