Question

A mixture of purple paint contains (6 teaspoons of red paint and (5 teaspoons of blue
paint. To make the same shade of purple paint using 35 teaspoons of blue paint, how
much red paint would you need? Use the double number line diagram to help if
needed.

Answer 1

If the 35 teaspoons of blue paint are there. Then for the purple paint, we need to add 42 teaspoons of red paint.

What are ratio and proportion?

A ratio is an ordered set of integers a and b expressed as a/b, with b never equaling 0. A percentage is a mathematical expression in which two things are equal.

A mixture of purple paint contains 6 teaspoons of red paint and 5 teaspoons of blue paint.

To make the same shade of purple paint using 35 teaspoons of blue paint, then the amount of the red paint that you need will be

Let x be the amount of the red color needed.

Then we have

$\rm \dfrac{x}{35} = \dfrac{6}{5}\\\\\\x \ \ = \dfrac{6 \times 35}{5}\\\\\\x \ \ = 6 \times 7\\\\\\x \ \ = 42 \ spoons$

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