In art class students are mixing blue and red paint to make purple paint. Janelys mixes 6 cups of blue paint and 5 cups of red paint. Aiden mixes 6 cups of blue paint and 5 cups of red paint. Whose purple paint will be redder?Janelys's purple paint will be redder.Aiden's purple paint will be redder.The two purple paints will be equally red.
Q. In art class students are mixing blue and red paint to make purple paint. Janelys mixes 6 cups of blue paint and 5 cups of red paint. Aiden mixes 6 cups of blue paint and 5 cups of red paint. Whose purple paint will be redder?Janelys's purple paint will be redder.Aiden's purple paint will be redder.The two purple paints will be equally red.
Mixing Paints: Janelys mixes 6 cups of blue paint and 5 cups of red paint.
Comparison of Ratios: Aiden mixes 6 cups of blue paint and 5 cups of red paint.
Conclusion: To determine which purple paint will be redder, we need to compare the ratio of red paint to the total amount of paint in each mixture.
Conclusion: To determine which purple paint will be redder, we need to compare the ratio of red paint to the total amount of paint in each mixture.Janelys's ratio of red paint is 5 cups of red to (6 cups of blue + 5 cups of red) = 115.
Conclusion: To determine which purple paint will be redder, we need to compare the ratio of red paint to the total amount of paint in each mixture. Janelys's ratio of red paint is 5 cups of red to (6 cups of blue + 5 cups of red) = 115. Aiden's ratio of red paint is 5 cups of red to (6 cups of blue + 5 cups of red) = 115.
Conclusion: To determine which purple paint will be redder, we need to compare the ratio of red paint to the total amount of paint in each mixture. Janelys's ratio of red paint is 5 cups of red to (6 cups of blue + 5 cups of red) = 115. Aiden's ratio of red paint is 5 cups of red to (6 cups of blue + 5 cups of red) = 115. Since both Janelys and Aiden have the same ratio of red paint to total paint, their purple paints will be equally red.
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