Purple paint is made by mixing red paint and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 3. If 15 litres of blue paint is used, how much red paint will be needed?

Because they are in the ratio 2:3 we'll call red and blue paint 2x and 3x respectively. We know that there are 15 liters of blue paint which means that 3x = 15. Solving for x we get x = 5. Since red paint is denoted by 2x it would be 2 * x = 2 * 5 = 10.

10 liters

Step-by-step explanation:

Red : Blue

2          3

We want 15 blue liters

15/3 = 5

Multiply each term by 5

Red : Blue

2*5      3*5

10 :    15

a

step-by-step explanation:

strong negative correlation

-8/2y-8=5/y+4-7y+8/y^2-16

we move all terms to the left:

-8/2y-8-(5/y+4-7y+8/y^2-16)=0

we can not solve this equation