There is 56 ounces of green paint in total. 75% is a batch of blue paint and 25% is yellow. To make a new batch of green paint, she uses the same amount of blue paint and doubles the amount of yellow paint in the mixture. What percentage of her new batch of green paint is blue paint

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Stanley Reese

Mathematics

13 November, 16:49

There is 56 ounces of green paint in total. 75% is a batch of blue paint and 25% is yellow. To make a new batch of green paint, she uses the same amount of blue paint and doubles the amount of yellow paint in the mixture. What percentage of her new batch of green paint is blue paint

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Nehemiah Nicholson · Answer 1

60%

Step-by-step explanation:

There is 56 total ounces of green paint.

42oz is = 3/4

14oz is = 1/4

If she doubles the amount of yellow paint it would be 28oz instead of 14.

42+28 = 70

There is now 70oz of paint total which becomes the new denominator.

The numerator is 42oz because that is how much blue paint there is.

42/70=.6 or 60%