Question

The candle maker makes a second batch of orange wax using the same ratio
of yellow to red to white wax. She uses 7 quarts of red wax in the second
batch of orange wax.
How many total quarts is the second batch of orange wax?
quarts

Answer 1

Answer: 35

Explanation:

The original ratio is made up of 10 parts

2 red + 5 yellow + 3 white = 10 total parts

Red wax is 2 of the 10 parts of the wax mixture.

= 35 quarts