Problema Solution
to obtain a certain shade of paint,kyle mixed 1 3/8 gallons of white paint with 3 2/5 gallons of brown paint and 1 3/10 gallons of blue paint.how much paint did he use altogether?
Answer provided by our tutors
1 3/8 = 11/8
3 2/5 = 17/5
1 3/10 = 13/10
Find least common denominator and convert them. Least common denominator is 40 so:
11/8 * 5/5 = 55/40
17/5 * 8/8 = 136/40
13/10 *4/4 = 52/40
Add them all up: 55+136+52 = 243
and divide by 40: 243/40 = 6.075 gallons.