Question

The students in Mr. Raith's art class created various quantities of bluish green paint using pints of yellow and blue paint. The table shows the different mixtures of paint, in pints, that the students made. 1. How many different shades of paint did the students make? How do you know?

Answer 1

To find how many many different shades of paint did the students make

We will find the ratio between the yellow paint and the blue paint

So,

Row number 1 , yellow : blue = 1 : 2

Row number 2 , yellow : blue = 2 : 3

Row number 3 , yellow : blue = 2 : 4 = 1 : 2

Row number 4 , yellow : blue = 4 : 8 = 1 : 2

Row number 5 , yellow : blue = 6 : 9 = 2 : 3

Row number 6 , yellow : blue = 8 : 12 = 2 : 3

So, the number of different ratios are 2 ratios, which are [ 1 : 2 ] and [ 2 : 3 ]

so, There are 2 different shades of paint the students made

We know using the ratio between yellow and blue