i do not know the awnser

Question

if someone had a paint mixture with 8 parts red and 12 parts blue what percent is red

Answer 1

The percentage that is red is as follows:

First find the total number of parts = 12 blue + 8 red = 20

Percentage of red = 8 / 20 = 2 / 5 = 0.4 = 40%

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Richmond