Blue and yellow paints are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 5 to produce green paint. To produce 40 mL of green paint Class 8

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Blue and yellow paints are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 5 to produce green paint. To produce 40 mL of green paint Class 8

Question 1.

Blue and yellow paints are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 5 to produce green paint. To produce 40 mL of green paint, how much of these two colours are needed? To make the paint a lighter shade of green, I added 20 mL of yellow to the mixture. What is the new ratio of blue and yellow in the paint? Class 8

Solution:

Blue paint needed = [latex]\frac{(40)}{(3+5)}[/latex] × 3

= 15 mL

Yellow paint needed = [latex]\frac{(40)}{(3+5)}[/latex] × 5 .

= 25 mL

Blue paint in the new mixture

= 15 mL

Yellow paint in the new mixture

= 25 + 20 = 45 mL

So, new ratio = 15 : 45

= 1 : 3.


Question 2.

To make soft idlis, you need to mix rice and urad dal in the ratio of 2 : 1. If you need 6 cups of this mixture to make idlis tomorrow morning, how many cups of rice and urad dal will you need? Class 8

Solution:

Cups of rice = [latex]\frac{6}{(2+1)}[/latex] × 2 = 4 cups

Cups of urad dal = [latex]\frac{6}{(2+1)}[/latex] × 1 = 2 cups


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