You mix 3/4 quart of blue paint for every 5/6 quart of yellow paint to make 4 3/4 quarts of green paint. How much blue paint and how much yellow paint do you use?

We need 2.5 quarts of yellow paint.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per given, The ratio of blue paint to yellow paint is .

Total green paint = quarts

Quantity of yellow paint required =

Hence, We need 2.5 quarts of yellow paint.

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,