A particular shade of paint is made by mixing 5 parts red paint with 7 parts blue. To make this shade, Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with 8 quarts

of red paint. Did shannon mix the correct shade? Explain

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Caitlyn Harmon

27 September, 05:34

A particular shade of paint is made by mixing 5 parts red paint with 7 parts blue. To make this shade, Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with 8 quarts

of red paint. Did shannon mix the correct shade? Explain

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Dalia Ware · Answer 1

Ratio of red to blue needed:

5/7

ratio of red to blue from Shannon:

8/12

which reduces to

2/3

since 2/3 is not equal to 5/7, she did not mix the correct shade.

A particular shade of paint is made by mixing 5 parts red paint with 7 parts blue. To make this shade, Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with 8 quartsof red paint. Did shannon mix the correct shade? Explain

A particular shade of paint is made by mixing 5 parts red paint with 7 parts blue. To make this shade, Shannon mixed 12 quarts of blue paint with 8 quarts

of red paint. Did shannon mix the correct shade? Explain