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Yi-Chen

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A painter mixing paint for a client starts with 6 1/2 quarts of white base paint. To each quart, the painter must add 2 2/3 ounces of tint. How many ounces of tint are required for this project?

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An amateur cook entered a chili cook-off. Among other spices the cook included 1 2/3 teaspoons of cayenne pepper. The cook decided the chili was too hot, and wanted to use only 3/4 as much cayenne as had been used. Compute the new amount of cayenne that would be used.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

6 1/2  2 2/3 = 13/2  8/3 = 13/1  4/3 = 52/3 = 17 1/3 ounces

Answer to Question 2

3/4  1 2/3 = 3/4  5/3 = 5/4 = 1 1/4 teaspoons


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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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