Question

2. How many cups of white paint should Elena mix with 12 tablespoons of bluepaint? How many batches would this make?

Answer 1

Let's begin by identifying key information given to us:

From the picture, 3 tablespoons of blue paint is equal to 1 cup of white paint

`3Tablespoons(BluePaint)=1cup(WhitePaint)`

To calculate how many cups of white paint is needed to mix 12 tablespoons of blue paint, we have:

`\begin{gathered} 3Tablespoon(blue)=1cup(white) \\ 12Tablespoon(blue)=x \\ We\text{ will cross multiply, we have:} \\ 3\cdot x=1\cdot12 \\ 3x=12 \\ x=(12)/(3)=4 \\ x=4cup(white) \end{gathered}`

This means that Elena will require 4 cups of white paint to mix 12 tablespoons of blue paint