A house painter mixes yellow paint with blue paint to get green paint. The ratio of the volumes of the yellow paint to the volume of the blue paint is $5:3$ if the difference in volumes of the paints is $500ml$ what is the volumes of green paint?

The 5:3 volume ratio of yellow to blue paint means the 500 ml difference represents 2 parts. Since one part equals 250 ml, the total volume of green paint is the sum of 8 parts. Thus, 8 parts multiplied by 250 ml gives 2000 ml, which is 2 liters.

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