A painter wishes to paint a house turquoise. To make the color, he sel

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The correct response is (C).

To find the amount of quarts of blue base, we need to find the ratio between the two components of the mixture: eggshell primer and blue-base. This is given to us in the second statement. We’ll also need to know how much total paint is needed in quarts to find what percent of that total would come from the blue-base coat. This is provided in the first statement. Since this is a Data Sufficiency problem, we don’t need to waste valuable time actually solving. However, if you wanted to check, here’s how:

Eggshell Primer: 70% white

Turquoise Color: 75% white

Blue Base Coat: 90% white

75%-70% = 5%

90% - 75% = 15%

5%/15 % = 1/3 is the ratio of the parts.

Blue Base Coat = 1/4∗300=75 quarts (67.5 white quarts)

Eggshell Primer = 3/4∗300=225 quarts (157.5 white quarts)

To double-check: 67.5 + 157.5 = 225. 225/300 = 75 % white.