Question

A frosting recipe calls for adding 5 tsp of red food coloring for every 3 tsp of blue food coloring. If you used 15 tsp of blue food coloring, how many tsp of red food coloring would you use to get the same recipe of frosting ?

Answer 1

tsp of red food coloring = 25

Explanation:

Red food coloring = 5 tsp

Blue food coloring = 3 tsp

Red food coloring : Blue food coloring = 5 tsp : 3 tsp

Blue food coloring = 15 tsp

how many tsp of red food coloring would you use to get the same recipe of frosting ?

Let

x = tsp of red food coloring

Red food coloring : Blue food coloring = x tsp : 15 tsp

Equate the ratios to find x

Red food coloring : Blue food coloring

5 tsp : 3 tsp = x tsp : 15 tsp

5 / 3 = x / 15

Cross product

5 * 15 = 3 * x

75 = 3x

Divide both sides by 3

x = 75 / 3

= 25

x = 25 tsp

tsp of red food coloring = 25