Question

Henry needs 2 pints of red paint and 3 pints of yellow paint to get a specific shade of orange. If he uses 9 pints of yellow paint and wants the same orange color, how many pints of paint will he need altogether? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

Answer:  Henry will need a total of 15 pints of paint. The 3 pints of yellow were multiplied by 3 to get 9 total, so 2 pints of red would be multiplied by 3 to get 6 total.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Henry will need 6 pints of red color.

All together he will need 15 pints.

Step-by-step explanation:

Henry needs 2 pints of red paint and 3 pints of yellow paint to get a specific shade of orange.

The ratio is 2:3

Now he uses 9 pints of yellow paint so we need to find the pins of red paint used to get the same orange.

Let the pints of red paint be x

We can relate this as:

$\frac{2}{3} =\frac{x}{9}$

Solving for x;

$3x=18$

So, x = 6

Hence, 6 pints of red color are needed.

And all together Henry needs $9+6=15$ pints of paint.