Ron is mixing paint to make the color orange. To make the correct shade of orange, Ron needs 10 ounces of red paint, 16 ounces of yellow paint, and 8 ounces of white paint. There are? ounces of red paint for every 1 ounce of white paint. Ron accidentally adds 20 ounces of yellow paint. To keep the proportions the same, he will need? ounces of red paint and? ounces of white paint.

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Zackery Cisneros

3 March, 12:17

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Carey · Answer 1

The first one is 1.25 ounces, the second is 12.5 ounces of red, and 10 ounces of white.

Ana Rowland · Answer 2

There are 1.25 oz of red paint to white paint

With added 2 oz of yellow, there would be 36 oz of yellow, 18 oz of white, and 22.5 oz of red paint