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to make 1 cup of pink icing add 4 drops of red coloring to 1 cup of white icing. how much of each ingredient do you need to make 6 cups of icing that is the same shade of pink

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Final answer:

To make 6 cups of icing that is the same shade of pink, you need 24 drops of red coloring.

Step-by-step explanation:

To make 1 cup of pink icing, you add 4 drops of red coloring to 1 cup of white icing. To make 6 cups of icing that is the same shade of pink, you need to scale up the ingredients proportionally.

Let's set up a proportion:

1 cup / 4 drops = 6 cups / x drops

Cross multiplying, we get:

x drops = 6 cups * 4 drops / 1 cup = 24 drops

So, you will need 24 drops of red coloring to make 6 cups of pink icing.

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6 cups of white icing and 24 drops of red coloring
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