Question

To make the color purple, Jamal’s art teacher instructed him to mix equal parts of red paint and blue paint. To make a different shade of purple, the ratio of red paint to blue paint is 2:1. What does the ratio 2:1 mean?

Answer 1

It signifies how much red paint you should have relatively with the blue paint.

Explanation:

Let us say one drop is a unit. This means that for every two red drops of paint, you should add one blue drop of paint.