Question

Jack mixes yellow and blue paint to make green paint that he will use to paint his basement. He uses a ratio of 3 pints of yellow paint for every 2 pints of blue paint. Jack pours 18 pints of yellow paint into a bucket. How many pints
of blue paint should jack add to the bucket?

Answer 1

12 pints of blue paint should be mixed in becuase 3:2 is equal to 18:12.