Paint is red : blue in a ratio 2: 4. if 5 litres of red is used, how much blue?

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Gabriel Noble

25 May, 15:46

Paint is red : blue in a ratio 2: 4. if 5 litres of red is used, how much blue?

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Karsyn Rodgers · Answer 1

Red = 2 = 5 liters

blue = 4 = 10 liters

10 liters of blue is used

Ryann Manning · Answer 2

So since the ratio of red paint to blue paint is 2:4 and you can simplify 2:4 into 1:2 and because 5 liters of paint is used you would have to multiply the 2 from the simplified ratio by 5 so you could get the answer 2*5 and that equals 10