To mix a particular shade of purple paint, red paint and blue paint are mixed in the ratio 5:3. To make 24 gallons of this shade of purple paint, how many gallons of red and blue paint should be used?

15 gallons red paint and 9 gallons blue paint

Step-by-step explanation:

1 gallon unique purple shade = red 5:3 blue

Let's see how many parts are there in total, 5+3=8

24 gallons divided by 8 parts = 3

5x3 =15

3x3=9

step-by-step explanation:

11.2

step-by-step explanation:

when doing tangent the tangent of the angle is equal to the opposite side from the angle over the adjacent side to the angle.

tan43 = x / 12

move 12 over by multiplying each side by 12

12tan43 = x

x = about 11.2