Question

A painter is making a shade of purple paint by mixing 2 cups of red paint for every 12 cups of blue paint. Unfortunately, the painter mixed 16 cups of red paint with 6 cups of blue paint. How can the painter fix the mixture to make the desired shade of purple paint?

Answer 1

ANSWER

He can add about 192 more cups of paint

Answer 2

You can add 192 cups of paint