A paint color requires the ratio of green paint to yellow paint to be 4:9. a container of this paint has 36 pints of yellow paint. Write a proportion that gives the number g of pints of green paint in the container.

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Layton Dalton

Mathematics

7 October, 11:14

A paint color requires the ratio of green paint to yellow paint to be 4:9. a container of this paint has 36 pints of yellow paint. Write a proportion that gives the number g of pints of green paint in the container.

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Isabelle · Answer 1

16

Step-by-step explanation:

9:4=2.25

9 needs to be divided by 2.25 to be 4

so 36 divide by 2.25 is the amount of paint

2.25 as the same ratio

4:9

green:yellow

?:36

36:2.25=16

16pints of green paint