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White paint costs £2.80 per litre. Blue Paint costs £3.50 per litre. White paint and blue paint are mixed in the ratio 3:2 Work out the cost of 18 litres of the mixture.

The mixture has a ratio of 3:2, white to blue paint.
3+2=5 so there are 5 parts to the mixture, 3 white and 2 blue.
We know the cost of 1 litre of each, so first we can work out the cost of 1...

Answered by Henry B. • Maths tutor

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Anouk, Beth and Carlin share £48 between them. Beth gets 3/8 of the money. Anouk and Carlin share the remaining money between them, by the ratio 3:2. How much money does Carlin get?

Beth gets: £48 x 3/8 = £18 The remaining money is: £48 - £18 = £30 (Alternate method: £48 x 5/8 = £30. This eliminates the need for the first step) The ratio is 3:2 so this is the same as fracti...

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what is: a) 1/3 +1/4 ? b) 4/6 + 3/12?

a)First make the denominators the same by multiplying the 1/3 by 4 and 1/4 by 3. makesure top and bottom are multiplied then add the numerators together not denominators. answer should be 7/12. b) Do the ...

Answered by Charlotte L. • Maths tutor

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Amber earns £7 for each hour she works from Monday to Friday. She earns £10 for each hour she works on Saturday. One week Amber worked for 4 hours on Saturday. That week she earned a total of £180 (a) How many hours did Amber work that week?

We know Amber worked 4 hours on a Saturday, so she earned 4*£10= £40 that day. The rest of the money, which is £180-£40=£140, she must have earned it during the week. Knowing she earns £7 per hour, this w...

Answered by Calin G. • Maths tutor

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