Question

Patricia needs 2 pints of purple icing to decorate cupcakes. She will use the following recipe for 1 pint of purple icing.

• 1 pint of white icing
4 1/4 teaspoons of blue food coloring
2 1/2 teaspoons of red food coloring.
explain two different ways for patricia to find total number of teaspoons of blue and red food coloring necessary to make 2 pints of purple icing

Answer 1

Explanation:

i’m thinking of the second way right now, but one way is doubling the recipe

2 pints of white icing

8 1/2 teaspoons of blue food coloring

5 teaspoons of red food coloring