1. An alchemist discovered that the formula to turn ordinary metal into gold is , where G is the number of gold bars and M is the number of metal bars. If a metal bar weighs twice as much as a gold bar, how many metal bars will yield an equal weight of gold?

1. 15
2. 10
3.40
4.30
5. 18

2. 2.A painter intends to mixed two jars of paint to create a new color. He chooses one paint jar randomly from a display containing 2 red and 2 blue samples, and a second jar is chosen at random from a different display containing 3 red and 2 blue samples. If he plans on mixing the two chosen jars together, what is the probability that when mixed together, the result will be purple paint? (The color purple is created with 1 part red and 1 part blue.)

a. 1:2
b. 2:3
c. 3:4
d. 1:1
e. 4:3

OA D for first one and a for second