Question

a factory adds three red drops and two blue drops of coloring to white paint to make each pint of purple paint. the factory will make 50 gallons of this purple paint. how many drops pf red and blue paint will the factory need in the 50-gallon batch of purple paint

Answer 1

1,200 drops of red paint and 800 drops of blue paint

Explanation:

8 pints = 1 gallon

3x8=24 red drops

2x8=16 blue drops

After you do the conversions, you’ll see that there are 24 red drops in 1 gallon, and 16 blue drops in 1 gallon. Now multiply both numbers by 50, to see how many drops are used in 50 gallons.

24x50=1,200

16x50=800

Answer: In 50 gallons of purple paint, there are 1,200 drops of red paint and 800 drops of blue paint.

Answer 2

So there are 8 pints in a us gallon, 2 drops of blue to make a pint of purple (2x8x50=800) and then 3 drops of red to make purple (3x8x50=1200) I think maybe I've missed a step but (800+1200=2000) so 2000 drops of red and blue combined to make 50 gallons of purple paint.