Question

A certain orange colour requires mixing 5 parts of red paint with 7 parts of yellow paint.Roderick mixed 15 parts of red paint with 21 parts of yellow paint. Did he create the correct orange colour?

Answer 1

Roderick has created the correct orange color.

Step-by-step explanation:

The orange color required mixing 5 parts of red paint with 7 parts of yellow paint. The ratio is given below:

Roderick mixed 15 parts of red paint with 21 parts of yellow paint. This is expressed in ratio as:

Since the two ratios reduces to the same value, they are equivalent, thus Roderick has created the correct orange color.