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?

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,

, where x is the number of drops of yellow paint.

Thus  we need 24 drops of yellow paint.

3 1/3 x 2 3/5 = 8 2/3

step-by-step explanation:

just multiply the first number by the second number to get your answer.