To make green paint, a painter mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of $3 : 2$ . If he used twelve liters of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?

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Given:
Required ratio of yellow paint to the blue paint $= 3 : 2$
Amount of yellow paint used $= 12 L$

Therefore,
Amount of blue paint used $= \frac{12 \times 2}{3} = 8 L$

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To make green paint, a painter mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of 3:2. If he used twelve liters of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?

Given:Required ratio of yellow paint to the blue paint =3:2Amount of yellow paint used =12 LTherefore,Amount of blue paint used =12×23=8 L

To make green paint, a painter mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of $3 : 2$ . If he used twelve liters of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?

Given:
Required ratio of yellow paint to the blue paint $= 3 : 2$
Amount of yellow paint used $= 12 L$

Therefore,
Amount of blue paint used $= \frac{12 \times 2}{3} = 8 L$