Question

A candle maker plans to make 30 orange candles. She mixes wax to create a specific shade of orange. The ratio of each color in her mixture is shown below: 222 parts red wax 5 parts yellow wax 3 parts white wax PART A The candle maker needs 111 quart of orange wax for every 6 candles. How much yellow wax will the candle maker need to make all 30 candles?

Answer 1

Answer:2.5 part

Explanation:

Given

Candle maker requires 1 quart of wax to make 6 candles

If candle maker makes 30 candles then 5 quart of wax is needed

The quart is made up of 2 part of red+ 5 parts of yellow + 3 Parts of white

i.e. total of 10 parts is required to make orange shade

Yellow is 5 part out of 10 part so

yellow will be 2.5 part in 5 quart