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  • Mar 30, 2004, 10:40 PM
    bccunn
    Percentages Word Problem
    You want to paint a room in your house. A technician of Home Depot uses the computer to analyze your current paint and tells you that it is a 22% blue paint. However, Home Depot only sells 20% blue and 30% blue paints. How many gallons of 20% and 30% paints you need to mix to make 10 gallons of 22% paint??
  • Mar 2, 2005, 12:59 PM
    reinsuranc
    Mixtures
    (.8 gallons) x (20% paint) + (.2 gallons) x (30% paint) = (1 gallons) x (22% paint).

    Multiply the gallons by 10:

    (8 gallons) x (20% paint) + (2 gallons) x (30% paint) = (10 gallons) x (22% paint).

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