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  Suppose that x quarts of the final mixture of dye will be made. Since it is to be made from equal amounts of orange and green dye, it will consist of x quarts of orange dye and x quarts of green dye. Since the orange dye has 2 parts yellow dye for each 5 parts total dye, of it is yellow dye. Similarly, of the green dye is yellow dye. The amount of yellow in the final mixture is given by

  x + x = x + x

  = x quarts

  So of the final mixture is yellow dye.

  Note: Although “quarts” were used to express the amount of the final mixture, it could have been pints or any other unit of liquid measure.

• Difficulty: Hard
• Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice
  
  (Mathematics)

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