Question

Nate is helping to redesign his basement. He is in charge of choosing and buying the paint. He wants a specific shade of green, so he is going to combine blue and yellow paint in the ratio of 1:3. If he needs 8 gallons of paint, how much yellow paint does he need to buy?

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Answer 1

To find out how much yellow paint Nate needs, we can first determine the total parts in the ratio of blue to yellow, which is 1:3.

Total parts = 1 (blue) + 3 (yellow) = 4 parts.

Since Nate needs 8 gallons of paint in total, we can calculate the amount of each part as follows:

1. Amount of each part = Total gallons / Total parts
Amount of each part = 8 gallons / 4 parts = 2 gallons per part.

2. Now, we can find the amount of yellow paint needed:
Since there are 3 parts of yellow, we calculate:
Amount of yellow paint = 3 parts * 2 gallons/part = 6 gallons of yellow paint.

Thus, Nate needs to buy **6 gallons** of yellow paint.