Question

Anne is painting her house light blue. To make the color she wants, she must add 1/4 cans of white paint to every 1/2 cans of blue paint. How many cans of white paint will she need to mix with 6 cans of blue?

Answer 1

3 cans of white paint

Explanation:

.25white xwhite

_______=_______

.50blue 6blue

cross multiply .50x =1.5

divide by .50

and x = 3

Answer 2

Answer:she would require 3 cans of white paint to mix 6 cans of blue paint.

Explanation:

To make the color she wants, she must add 1/4 cans of white paint to every 1/2 cans of blue paint. This means that the number of cans of white paint that she must add to 1 cup of blue paint would be 1/2.

Therefore, the number of cans of white paint that would be used to mix 6 cans of blue paint would be

6 × 1/2 = 3