Question

A sample of paint contains 3 ounces of blue paint and 8 ounces of yellow paint. If you have a 24 ounce can of the blue paint, how much yellow paint should you mix with it in order to make the same color as the sample? (Your answer should have numbers and units)

Answer 1

64 ounces

Explanation:

Given.

Represent blue with b and yellow with y

b = 3

y = 8

Required

What's the value of y when b = 24

Represent the given and required parameters as ratio

3 : 8 and 24 : y

Turn the ratio to an equation

3 : 8 = 24 : y

Represent as fraction

⅜ = 24/y

Multiply both sides by y

⅜y = 24

Make y the subject

y = 24 * 8/3

y = 64

Hence:

64 ounces of yellow paints is required for 24 ounces of blue paints