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    A 720 Milliliter Container Contains A 5,3,12 Ratio Of Red, Yellow, And White Paint. How Many More Milliliters Of Red Paint Is There Than White Paint?

    A 720 milliliter container contains a 5,3,12 ratio of red, yellow, and white paint. How many more milliliters of red paint is there than white paint?

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    Raimi

    Let numbers are 5x, 3x and 12x

    so 5x+3x+12x = 720

    20x=720

    x=36



    so the numbers are
     
    5x 36=180 ---- Red
     
    3x 36=108 --- Yellow
     
    12 x 36=432 --- White

    So the red paint is less than the white paint by 252 milliliters, not more!

    answered 7 months ago   

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