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In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?

Name: In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?
Uploaded: 2022-02-18T16:58:00-08:00
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Channel: Allison Knapp
Description: In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?

          In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?

In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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02/18/2022

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In this case, we'll use cups. 1 quart is equal to 4 cups and 1 gallon is equal to 16 cups. So, the painter mixes 4 cups of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 8 cups of white paint. This makes a total of 14 cups of paint. To make 100 cups of paint, we need Show more…

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In order to make a specific shade of green paint, a painter mixes 1 1/2 quarts of blue paint, 2 cups of green paint, and 1/2 gallon of white paint. How much of each color is needed to make 100 cups of this shade of green paint?