Assuming that one snap cube represents one milliliter (ml) of paint, we can use five red snap cubes to represent 5 ml of red paint and three blue snap cubes to represent 3 ml of blue paint. We can arrange these snap cubes in a row to represent the recipe:
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This indicates that we mix 5 ml of red paint with 3 ml of blue paint to create the maroon paint.
To draw a sketch of the snap-cube representation of the maroon paint, we can combine the red and blue snap cubes into a single row:
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This gives us a row of eight snap cubes, which represents the maroon paint. Visually, the maroon paint will appear as a blend of red and blue, with a darker, richer hue than either color alone.
Each snap cube represents one milliliter (ml) of paint. Therefore, in this representation, each snap cube represents a fixed amount of paint, regardless of the color. In other words, each cube represents a unit of volume, rather than a unit of color or pigment.