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27.05.2020 • 
Mathematics

Diego wants to paint his room purple. He bought one gallon of purple paint that is 30% red paint and 70% blue paint. Diego wants to add more blue to the mix so that the paint mixture is 20% red, 80% blue.
1) How much blue paint should Diego add? Test the following possibilities: 0.2 gallons, 0.3 gallons, 0.4 gallons, 0.5 gallons.
2) Write an equation in which x represents the amount of paint Diego should add.
3) Check that the amount of paint Diego should add is a solution to your equation.

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