A paint store mixes 3/4 pint of red paint of red paint and 2/3 pint of

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A paint store mixes  \frac{3}{4}  pint of red paint and  \frac{2}{3}  pint of blue paint to make a new paint color called Perfectly Purple. How many pints of red paint would be needed to make 34 pints of Perfectly Purple paint?

A. 1.42

B. 18.0

C. 36.13

D. 47.5

E. 48.12

pushpitkc · Answer

The easiest way to solve this problem is to assume the size of a pint - Let the size be 12 units.

To make a pint of Perfectly Purple, 
we will need  \frac{3}{4}  pint of Red paint or 9 units and  \frac{2}{3}  pint of Blue paint or 8 units.

We will need  9  units out of  9+8 = 17  units to be red paint to make the "Perfectly Purple" color

Therefore, to make 34 pints of Perfectly Purple color, we need  \frac{9}{17} * 34 = 18  (Option B)  pints of Red paint.

BrentGMATPrepNow · Answer

We're told that the red and blue paints are mixed in the following ratio:  red paint / blue paint   =  (3/4) / (2/3)  
Let's first SIMPLIFY this ratio.

(3/4) / (2/3)  =  3/4  x  3/2 
= 9/8

So,  red paint / blue paint   =  9 / 8

So, for example, we might mix  9  pints of red paint with  8  pints of blue paint to get 17 pints of Perfectly Purple
Similarly we might mix  18  pints of red paint with  16  pints of blue paint to get   34   pints of Perfectly Purple
Voila!!

Answer: B

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iamzyw · Answer

Red = 3/4 pint, Blue = 2/3 pint

Red + Blue = (9+8)/12 = 17/12 of Perfect Purple

How many Red + Blue we need to make 34 pints? 34/(17/12) = 24

So 24 * 3/4 (red) = 18

Answer B

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Let x be the number of 3/4 pint of red paint and the number of 2/3 pint of blue paint needed to make the 34 pints of Perfectly Purple paint. We can create the equation:

(3/4)x + (2/3)x = 34

Multiplying by 12, we have:

9x + 8x = 408

17x = 408

x = 24

Thus, we would need 24 x 3/4 = 18 pints of red paint.

Alternate Solution:

We note that 3/4 + 2/3 = 17/12 pints of Perfectly Purple paint contains 3/4 pints of red paint. If we let x = the amount of red paint in 34 pints of Perfectly Purple paint, we can create a proportion and solve for x:

(3/4)/(17/12) = x/34

(3/4)*(12/17)*34 = x

x = 3 * 3 * 2 = 18

So, there are 18 pints of red paint in 34 pints of Perfectly Purple paint.

Answer: B

EMPOWERMathExpert · Answer

The total mixture (Perfectly Purple) will be given by the addition of red and blue paints:

\frac{3}{4}\ pint \ of\ red+\frac{2}{3}\ pint\ of\ blue=\frac{9}{12}+\frac{8}{12}=\frac{17}{12} \ pints \ of \ Perfect \ Purple

For 34 pints of Perfectly Purple, the number of red paint pints needed would be given by:

Red \ Pints=34 \ Perfectly \ purple \ pints 	imes \frac{\frac{3}{4}\ red\ pints}{\frac{17}{12}\ Perfectly\ Purple\ Pints} = 34 	imes \frac{9}{17}=18\ pints

The final answer is  B .

PRI23YA · Answer

simplest way possible:

1 unit of Perfectly Purple: 3/4+ 2/3==>> 9/8, which is nothing but red/blue.

Red paint's share: 9/(9+8) *34= 18

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