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A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts
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A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one gallon or half gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one gallon or half gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
a. 2 b. 2 1/2 c. 3 d 3 1/2 e. 4
2 gallon of gray paint needs \(2*\frac{3}{3+5}=2*\frac{3}{8}=\frac{3}{4}\) gallons of white paint and \(2*\frac{5}{8}=\frac{5}{4}\) gallons of black paint.
To get \(\frac{3}{4}=0.75\) gallons of white paint we should purchase at least 1 gallon of white paint; To get \(\frac{5}{4}=1.25\) gallons of black paint we should purchase at least 1.5 gallons of black paint.
Doesn't 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. play any role... plzz explain..im missing somewhere..
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Gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint --> total 8 parts --> white 3/8 and black 5/8 --> 2 gallon of gray paint needs \(2*\frac{3}{8}=\frac{3}{4}\) gallons of white paint and \(2*\frac{5}{8}=\frac{5}{4}\) gallons of black paint.
I've been banging my head against the wall on this one... someone please give me a simple straightforward solution and assurance that it was a very difficult question lol.
A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one-gallon or half- gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture? (A) 2 (B) 2.5 (C) 3 (D) 3.5 (E) 4
You need .75 gallons of white but since it comes in 1/2 or 1 you need 1 gallon You need 1.25 gallons of black but since it comes in 1/2 or 1 you need 1.5
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Given W:B = 3:5 That means say 3 gallons of white paint + 5 gallons of black paint = 8 gallons of paint mixture. But we want least amount of white & black paints for minimum of 2 gallons of mixture, so lets reduce keeping same ratio, 1.5 : 2.5 gives 1.5 + 2.5 = 4 gallons of mixture, but we want only 2 gallons, lets further reduce 0.75: 1.25 gives 1+1.5 = 2.5 gallons of mixture. This looks ok, but lets reduce further just to be sure 0.375: 0.625 gives 0.5 + 1 = 1.5 gallons of mixture, thats less than 2 gallons of mixture, so not acceptable. So correct ans is 2.5 gallons. B
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Scyzo wrote:
ShashankDave wrote:
benmtchong wrote:
A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one gallon or half gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
A. 2 B. 2 1/2 C. 3 D. 3 1/2 E. 4
I don't like the wording of the question! There is a possibility of two solutions here..all depends o what exactly "measure out" means to say in the question..and some information that I find is missing in the question. It should be clearly stated that one can measure out exactly as much as wanted from any can(example, one can take out 0.75 liters from a 1 liter can, and so forth). In this case, 2.5 is the correct answer. But if such thing is not possible, then we would have to work exclusively with 0.5 and 1 liter cans only, in which case, 4 will be the answer. I'm not sure if my argument is ill-founded, but please, clarify. I request Bunuel to comment and also clarify, so I don't make such comprehension mistakes if I did so.
I approached this question in the same way and made the same mistake. My assumption was that we would have to pour together the whole (1 or 1/2 gallon) cans so that we can get at least 2 liters of grey paint, which gives E as a result.
Look at the last line of the question: what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
This clarifies that you need to find the least amount of paint that you need to buy to measure out the portions needed for 2 gallons mix. Otherwise, it would have been mentioned that you need to use the whole can.
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A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one-gallon or half- gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture? (A) 2 (B) 2&1/2 (C) 3 (D) 3&1/2 (E) 4
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[...]in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
How can you measure 0,75 gallons if you have only buckets of 0,5 and 1 gallons?
My answer: 2 cans of 1 gallon and 1 half can of black 1 can and a half of white result: 4 gallons!
Unless you have an other bottle (or any thing to measure), you cannot separate 0,75 gallons! Bunuel
Please re-read the solution.
To get 2 gallons of gray paint we need \(\frac{3}{4}\) gallons of white paint and \(\frac{5}{4}\) gallons of black paint.
To get \(\frac{3}{4}=0.75\) gallons of white paint we should purchase at least 1 gallon of white paint; To get \(\frac{5}{4}=1.25\) gallons of black paint we should purchase at least 1.5 gallons of black paint.
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benmtchong wrote:
A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one gallon or half gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
A. 2 B. 2 1/2 C. 3 D. 3 1/2 E. 4
I don't like the wording of the question! There is a possibility of two solutions here..all depends o what exactly "measure out" means to say in the question..and some information that I find is missing in the question. It should be clearly stated that one can measure out exactly as much as wanted from any can(example, one can take out 0.75 liters from a 1 liter can, and so forth). In this case, 2.5 is the correct answer. But if such thing is not possible, then we would have to work exclusively with 0.5 and 1 liter cans only, in which case, 4 will be the answer. I'm not sure if my argument is ill-founded, but please, clarify. I request Bunuel to comment and also clarify, so I don't make such comprehension mistakes if I did so.
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ShashankDave wrote:
benmtchong wrote:
A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one gallon or half gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
A. 2 B. 2 1/2 C. 3 D. 3 1/2 E. 4
I don't like the wording of the question! There is a possibility of two solutions here..all depends o what exactly "measure out" means to say in the question..and some information that I find is missing in the question. It should be clearly stated that one can measure out exactly as much as wanted from any can(example, one can take out 0.75 liters from a 1 liter can, and so forth). In this case, 2.5 is the correct answer. But if such thing is not possible, then we would have to work exclusively with 0.5 and 1 liter cans only, in which case, 4 will be the answer. I'm not sure if my argument is ill-founded, but please, clarify. I request Bunuel to comment and also clarify, so I don't make such comprehension mistakes if I did so.
I approached this question in the same way and made the same mistake. My assumption was that we would have to pour together the whole (1 or 1/2 gallon) cans so that we can get at least 2 liters of grey paint, which gives E as a result.
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benmtchong wrote:
A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one gallon or half gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture?
A. 2 B. 2 1/2 C. 3 D. 3 1/2 E. 4
We are given that a gray pain is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. We are also given that the paint can be purchased in one- or half-gallon cans and that the total mixture is 2 gallons. We must determine the minimum number of gallons of paint of each color needed.
Our given ratio is:
w/b = 3/5 = 1.5/2.5 = 0.75/1.25
As we can see, we need to have 0.75 gallons of white paint and 1.25 gallons of black paint in order to have 2 gallons of the mixed (i.e., gray) paint. However, in order to have the 0.75 gallons of white paint, we need to purchase 1 gallon of white paint, and in order to have the 1.25 gallons of black paint, we need to purchase 1.5 gallons of black paint. Thus, we need to purchase a total of 2.5 gallons of paint.
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A certain shade of gray paint is obtained by mixing 3 parts of white paint with 5 parts of black paint. If 2 gallons of the mixture is needed and the individual colors can be purchased only in one-gallon or half- gallon cans, what is the least amount of paint, in gallons, that must be purchased in order to measure out the portions needed for the mixture? (A) 2 (B) 2&1/2 (C) 3 (D) 3&1/2 (E) 4
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