Evan wants to make a turquoise-colored dye for coloring-boiled eggs. They mix 3 parts blue dye and 2 parts green dye. What percentage of the mixture is green dye?
40%
150%
60%
66.67%
To find the percentage of green dye in the mixture, we need to calculate the ratio of green dye to the total mixture.
The total ratio of blue dye to green dye is 3:2.
This means that for every 3 parts of blue dye, there are 2 parts of green dye.
To simplify this ratio, we need to find a common multiple of 3 and 2, which is 6.
So the simplified ratio is 3/6 for blue dye and 2/6 for green dye.
To convert this ratio to a percentage, we need to multiply each part by 100 to get a percentage.
The percentage of blue dye is (3/6) x 100 = 50%.
The percentage of green dye is (2/6) x 100 = 33.33%.
Therefore, the percentage of green dye in the mixture is 33.33%.