Question

There are 2 mixtures of light purple paint.

Mixture A is made with 5 cups of purple paint and 2 cups of white paint.
Mixture B is made with 15 cups of purple paint and 8 cups of white paint.
Which mixture is a lighter shade of purple? Select the correct choice from the drop down.

Answer 1

Answer:

In order to answer the question, we first need to calculate the proportion of purple in both mixtures. The mixture that has the lowest proportion of purple will be the lighter one.

For mixture A :

5 cups of purple

2 cups of white paint

⇒ Mixture A is made with 5 + 2 = 7 cups of paint in which 5 are cups of purple. Therefore, we can calculate the proportion of purple as :

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This means that approximately 65.22% of the mixture B is made of purple paint.

If we compare the proportions :

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