Carlos mixed 3 1⁄2 cups of red paint with 4 1⁄2 cups of yellow paint to make an orange paint. How many cups of red paint and how many cups of yellow paint will Carlos need to make 12 cups of the same shade of orange paint? Solve in at least three different ways.

3/4 ÷ 3/4

step-by-step explanation:

basically divide any proper fraction with itself to fit the criteria.

so if we are using 3/4, then:

3/4 ÷ 3/4 = 1

so 1 is the quotient.

and the numerators for both these fractions is 3.   and if we divide the numerators:

3 ÷ 3 = 1

we see that quotient is equal to our original quotient as well.

24

step-by-step explanation:

if it takes 8 pounds to make 12 divide 12 by 8 and you get 1.5, 1.5 x 16 = 24

the correct answer is $7.38

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