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To paint a sunset, you make a shade of orange paint using 5

5

drops of red paint for every 8

8

drops of yellow paint. If you use 15

15

drops of red paint, how many drops of yellow paint would you need?

Verified Answer :

your answer should be 8 times 3 which is 24

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Answer: 24 drops


Step-by-step explanation:

Given : To paint a sunset, we make a shade of orange paint using 5 drops of red paint for every 8 drops of yellow paint.

⇒ The drops of red paint is proportional to the drops of yellow paint to paint a sunset.

If we use 15 drops of red paint therefore by direct proportion we get,

\(\frac{8}{5}=\frac{x}{15}\\\Rightarrow\ x=\frac{8}{5}\times15\\\Rightarrow\ x=8\times3=24\), where x is the number of drops of yellow paint.

Thus  we need 24 drops of yellow paint.