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Answer:
0.8 gallons of red paint or 4/5 gallons of red paint
Step-by-step explanation:
Jan and Jerome are mixing red paint with white paint to make pink paint, in the ratio of 4 parts red to 5 parts white. How many gallons of red paint should they mix with 1 gallon of white paint? Express your answer as a common fraction
How many gallons of red paint should they mix with 1 gallon of white paint?
Let parts be represented as x
Hence:
Red : white
4 : 5
4/5 = x/ 1
We cross Multiply
5x = 4
x = 4/5
x = 0.8 gallons of red paint or 4/5 gallons of red paint
