Answer:
3/4 = 16/x
Step-by-step explanation:
Set up the original ratio: 3:4 (a.k.a. 3/4 or 3 to 4)
Because 16 correlates to red paint and 3 correlates to red paint the will be in the same location (as the numerator or denominator).
Also, the amount of blue paint is unknown so that is x. 4 also represents blue paint, so 4 and x will also be on the same level (as the numerator of denominator).
Setting up the equation: 3/4 = 16/x
The equation that can be used to find the number of pints of blue paint (x) Jane should mix with 16 pints of red paint is:
[tex]\frac{x}{16} = \frac{3}{4}[/tex]
Number of pints of blue paint mixed with 4 pints of red paints = 3
Number of pints of blue paints that would be mixed with 1 pint of red paint = 3/4
Number of pints of blue paints that would be mixed with 16 pints of red paint =
16 x (Number of pints of blue paints that would be mixed with 1 pint of red paint)
Let the number of pints of blue paints that would be mixed with 16 pints of red paint be represented by x
x = 16 x 3/4
This can be written properly in equation form as:
[tex]\frac{x}{16} = \frac{3}{4}[/tex]
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