Question

Mr cleaver mixes 1.24liters of red paint with 3 times as much blue paint to make purple paint. She pours the paint equally into 5 containers. How much blue paint is in each container? Give answer in liters

Answer 1

Amount of red paint = 1.24 liters

Amount of blue paint = $3 \times 1.24$ = 3.72 liters

Red and blue paints are mixed together and poured into 5 containers.

Amount of blue paint in 5 containers = 3.72 liters

We have to determine the amount of blue paint in each container,

Amount of blue paint in each container = $3.72 \div 5$

= 0.744 liter

Therefore, 0.74 liter of blue paint is in each container.