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valent Meg mixes 3 parts silver paint with 4 pans green paint to get a specific color is the ratio 56 equivalent to 342 Yes, because both ratios shon a pair of numbers that have a difference of 1 Yes, because any combination of silver and green will work Silver Paint (Parts) Green Paint(Parts) 4. No, because the numbers in the given rabo must be multiplied by the same number. No, because there cannot be more than 4 green parts. Intro Done O

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To see if the ratio 5:6 is equivalent to the ratio 3:4 you can use cross multiplication:

3 parts of silver _____ 4 parts of green

5 parts of silver______x


x=(5\cdot4)/(3)=\text{ 6.67}

To get this specific colour you

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