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A color called “Passion Purple”is made by mixing 5 oz of red paint and 9 oz of blue paint. What percent of Passion Purple is blue paint? ( Round to the nearest percent.)

Respuesta :

First find the total amount of paint because that is what you are getting the percentage from.

Total paint = 5 + 8 = 14

Then write the blue paint as a fraction of the total.

9/14

And then solve.

Answer is aprox 64%