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Tariq wants to make some purple paint.
He mixes blue, red and white paint in the ratio 5:3:2
Tariq needs 60 litres of purple paint.
He gets a discounted price of 60% on the red paint.
Calculate how many litres of red paint he buys at the discounted price.


Sagot :

Answer:

18 liters

Step-by-step explanation:

Blue : red : White = 5 : 3 : 2

Quantity of Blue paint = 5x

Quantity of Red paint = 3x

Quantity of White paint = 2x

Total paint = 5x + 3x + 2x = 10x

10x = 60 liters

x = 60/10

x = 6

Quantity of red paint = 3x = 3*6 = 18