Question

An artist mixes paint to make new colors. She uses 1/3 cup of red paint and 1/3 cup of yellow paint to make a batch of orange paint. If the artist has 2 cups of red paint available and 3 cups of yellow paint available, how many batches of orange paint can she make? Enter your answer in the box

Answer 1

Well, we know that she has 2 cups of red paint and 3 cups of yellow paint left. So if she is using 1/3 of a cup of each with each batch then we know that she can make 3 batches per cup. because that would be 3/3 which = 1. So now we know that she can make 6 batches of orange before running out of red paint. She will have 1 cup of yellow paint available.

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