Question

Lin needs to mix paint ratio 3 cups yellow to 2 cups red.how many cups of red and yellow do you need to get 20 total cups of paint

Answer 1

Mix of paintings to obtain 20 cups of paint

there are 3X cups of yellow

there are 2Y cups of red

then find X and Y such that

3X + 2Y = 20

One possible solution is X = 2 Y= 7

2 cups yellow, and 7 cups red