Question

A mixture of purple paint contains 4 tsp.of red paint and 12 tsp. of blue paint. To make the same shade of purple paint using 30 tsp. of blue paint, how much red paint would you need?

Answer 1

Answer:

10 tsp. of Red paint

Step-by-step explanation:

Since,it is given that to obtain a mixture of purple paint we have to mix 4 tsp. of Red paint and 12 tsp. of blue paint which comes out to be at ratio of 1:3.

Now,we have to obtain the same mixture of purple paint but by using 30 tsp. of blue paint.

So,by the ratio we have calculated we found that we needed 10 tsp. of Red paint.