In a lilac paint mixture 40% of the mixture is white paint 20% is blue and the rest is red there are four cups of blue paint used in a batch of lilac paint how many cups of white paint is used

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Karissa Campbell

1 October, 19:07

In a lilac paint mixture 40% of the mixture is white paint 20% is blue and the rest is red there are four cups of blue paint used in a batch of lilac paint how many cups of white paint is used

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Kenya · Answer 1

Answer: 8 cups of white paint is used.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a lilac paint mixture 40% of the mixture is white paint 20% is blue and the rest is red. This means that the percentage of red paint in the mixture is 100 - (40 + 20) = 40%

There are four cups of blue paint used in a batch of lilac paint. This means that 20% of the total number of cups of paint used in a batch of lilac paint is 4.

Assuming that the total number of cups of paint in the mixture is x, then,

20/100 * x = 4

0.2x = 4

x = 4/0.2 = 20

Therefore, the number of cups of white paint used is

40/100 * 20 = 0.4 * 20

= 8 cups