you make 48 pints of pink paint by using 5 pints of red paint for every 3 pints of white paint. Use a diagram to find the number of pints of red paint and white paint in your mixture. Explain

Answer 1

5 + 3 = 8, so there are 8 pints of pint in total in the mixture.

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| r | r | r | r |

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| r |w |w |w |

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48 ÷ 8 = 6, so there would be 6 diagrams (not that I think you need to draw them all out, but point out that fact).

5 * 6 = 30 pints of red (each diagram holds 5 red pints)

3 * 6 = 18 pints of white (each diagram holds 3 white pints)