Question

The ratio of red to yellow paint is 4:3. If you use 24 pints of yellow paint, how many pints of red paint do you need?

Answer 1

probably 32.

Explanation:

4x8= 32

3x8= 24

Answer 2

32 pints

Explanation:

Given :-

• The ratio of red to yellow is 4:3 .
• I use 24 pints of yellow paint .

And we need to find how many pints of red paint will we use .So let us take that we used x pints.

According to the Question :-

`:\implies` 4:3 = x : 24

`:\implies` 4/3 = x/24

`:\implies` 4 = x/8

`:\implies` x = 8*4

`:\implies` x = 32

Hence we will use 32 pints of red paint.