Question

6. To make purple gloves, a factory adds four red drops

and three blue drops of coloring to white dye to make
each pint of purple dye. The factory will make 50
gallons of the purple dye.
How many drops of red and blue coloring will the
factory need in the 50-gallon batch of purple dye? (Hint:
There are 8 pints in 1 gallon)
Complete the table below to answer the question

Answer 1

Explanation:

50 gallons(8 pints/gallon) = 400 pints

400 pints(4 drops/pint) = 1600 drops red dye

400 pints(3 drops/pint) = 1200 drops blue dye