Question

A particular shade of paint is made by mixing five parts of red paint with seven parts of blue paint. To make the correct shade, Shannon makes 12 quarts of blue paint with 8 quarts of red paint. Did Shannon mix the correct shade? Explain.

Answer 1

We get that Shannon did not mix the correct shade as the ratios are not equal.

We are given that a particular shade of paint is made by mixing five parts of red paint with seven parts of blue paint.

This means that the ratio of the paints in that shade is

Red : Blue = 5 : 7.

Now, we are also given that to make the correct shade, Shannon makes 12 quarts of blue paint with 8 quarts of red paint.

Here the ratio becomes:

Red : Blue = 8 : 12

= 4 : 6

= 2 : 3

Now, since both the ratios are not equal, he did not mix the correct shade.

Therefore, we get that Shannon did not mix the correct shade as the ratios are not equal.

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