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a housepainter mixed 5 gallons of blue paint with every 9 gallons of yellow paint in order to make a green paint . which ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint will make the same shade of green paint.

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Answer:

The ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint that make the same shade of green paint is 5/9

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio represents how many units are of one kind compare with another kind.  

In this case ,  we are comparing gallons of blue paint with gallons of yellow paint. To get the green color we use  5 gallons of blue paint with every 9 gallons of yellow paint To get the ratio we divide both amounts.

Ratio= 5/9

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We want to find the ratio of yellow paint to blue paint to make a particular shade of green.

The ratio can be written as 5 to 9, or 5:9

We know that if we mix 5 gallons of blue paint with 9 gallons of yellow paint we get the particular shade of green that we want.

Then the ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint is 5 to 9, or 5:9

Meaning that for every 5 gallons of blue paint we need 9 of yellow paint.

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