Question

In art class students are mixing blue and red paint to make purple paint. Cameron mixes 5 cups of blue paint and 8 cups of red paint. Dianelys mixes 7 cups of blue paint and 10 cups of red paint. Use Cameron and Dianelys’s percent of red paint to determine whose purple paint will be redder.

Answer 1

Cameron's mix has 62% red paint while Dianelys' has 71% red paint, so Dianelys' purple will be redder.