A particular shade of paint is made by mixing five parts red paint with seven parts blue paint. To make the shade Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with a quarts of red paint. Did Shannon mix this correct shade? Explain.

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Nathaly Perkins

19 October, 05:05

A particular shade of paint is made by mixing five parts red paint with seven parts blue paint. To make the shade Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with a quarts of red paint. Did Shannon mix this correct shade? Explain.

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Landin Jarvis · Answer 1

The paint raport in the first case is 5 red/7 blue

in the second is 12 : 1.12 quarts with 1 quart.

these raports have to be equal 5/7 is not equal to 12:1

Cecilia Cannon · Answer 2

there is some missing info, how many quarts red paint? sorry ...