Green paint is made by mixing 5 pints of blue paint and 2 pints of yellow paint. How many pints of blue pints are neede to make 28 pints of green paint

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ElizaS · Answer 1 · 2021-05-31T11:36:04+0000

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5 pints of blue and 2 pints of yellow make 7 pints of green. (5 + 2 = 7)

You must do this four times to get 28 pints of green. (4 · 7 = 28)

So you need 20 (4 · 5) pints of blue and 8 (4 · 2) pints of yellow.

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