Question

Ava is buying paint from Amazon. Ava needs 3⁄4 cup of blue paint for every 1 cup of white paint. Ava has 28 ounces of white paint. How much blue paint does he need?

Answer 1

Blue paint=21 ounces

Explanation:

3/4 cup=6 ounces

1 cup=8 ounces

3/4 cup of blue paint=6 ounces of blue paint

1 cup of white paint= 8 ounces of white paint

Ava has 28 ounces of white paint

Find the required blue paint

Let the required blue paint=x

Blue paint ratio white paint

6:8=x:28

6/8=x/28

Cross product

6(28)=x(8)

168=8x

x=168/8

x=21 ounces