To decorate a cake, you make a shade of green icing using 3

3

drops of yellow food coloring for every 4

4

drops of blue food coloring. If you use 12

12

drops of yellow food coloring, how many drops of blue food coloring would you need?

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Mathematics

Marcel Hood

8 March, 16:11

To decorate a cake, you make a shade of green icing using 3

3

drops of yellow food coloring for every 4

4

drops of blue food coloring. If you use 12

12

drops of yellow food coloring, how many drops of blue food coloring would you need?

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Justice Solis · Answer 1

The answer has to be 16

Deegan Greene · Answer 2

You would need 16 drops of blue food coloring. The ratio of yellow to blue food coloring is 3:4. If you divide 12 by 3, you get 4. This means you must multiply the base amount of blue food coloring (4 drops) by 4 to get your answer.

To decorate a cake, you make a shade of green icing using 33drops of yellow food coloring for every 44drops of blue food coloring. If you use 1212drops of yellow food coloring, how many drops of blue food coloring would you need?

To decorate a cake, you make a shade of green icing using 3

3

drops of yellow food coloring for every 4

4

drops of blue food coloring. If you use 12

12

drops of yellow food coloring, how many drops of blue food coloring would you need?