Question

HELP I will give brainliest to make the perfect shade of orange cake frosting, Mya needs 8 drops of yellow food coloring for every 12 drops of red food coloring. If she adds 32 drops of yellow food coloring to her frosting, how many drops of red food coloring should she add

Answer 1

She will need 48 drops of red food coloring

Answer 2

Answer: 48 red drops

Step-by-step explanation:

ratio of yellow food drops to red food drops is 8:12

8:12 simplifies to 2:3

2:3 = 2/5:3/5

2x/5 = 32 = # of yellow drops (where x is the total # of drops)

2x/5 = 32

2x = 160

x = 80

Since there are 80 total drops and 32 yellow drops, there must be 48 red drops (80-32=48)