Question

A particular shade of paint is made by mixing five parts red paint with seven parts blue paint. To make the shade Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with a quarts of red paint. Did Shannon mix this correct shade? Explain.

Answer 1

the paint raport in the first case is 5 red/7 blue
in the second is 12 :1 .12 quarts with 1 quart .
these raports have to be equal 5/7 is not equal to 12:1

Answer 2

there is some missing info, how many quarts red paint? sorry...