Question

To make 3 litres of pale purple paint you mix:

1.5 litres red
1.25 litres of blue
0.25 litres of white paint.
a How much red paint is needed to make 8 litres of paint?

Answer 1

4 litres.

Explanation:

By proportion that would be:

1.5 * 8/3

= 12/3

= 4 litres.