Hugo is mixing blue paint with red paint to create purple paint. the ratio of blue to red is 3 to 2. how many pints of blue paint will he use to create 40 pints of purple paint?

24 pints of blue paint used  to create 40 pints of purple paint .

Step-by-step explanation:

As given

Hugo is mixing blue paint with red paint to create purple paint.

The ratio of blue to red is 3 to 2.

Let us assume that the x be scalar mutiple .

Thus

Pints of blue paint used = 3x

Pints of red paint used = 2x

As given 40 pints purple paints is made by mixing  blue paint with red paint .

Than the equation becomes

2x + 3x = 40

5x = 40

x = 8

Thus

Pints of blue paint used = 3 × 8

                                        = 24 pints

Therefore 24 pints of blue paint used  to create 40 pints of purple paint .

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step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

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