Question

a certain shade of pink paint is made of 4 quarts of red paint for every 3 quarts of white paint. if you only have 1 quart of red paint, how much white paint should you use to make the same shade of pink paint? you also need to divide 3 quarts of white paint by 4. what is 3 / 4? red paint (qt) white paint (qt) 4 3 1

Explanation:

Step1: Set up proportion

The ratio of red - white paint is 4:3. Let \(x\) be the amount of white paint for 1 quart of red paint. So we have the proportion \(\frac{4}{3}=\frac{1}{x}\).

Step2: Cross - multiply

Cross - multiplying gives \(4x = 3\).

Step3: Solve for \(x\)

Dividing both sides by 4, we get \(x=\frac{3}{4}\).

Answer:

\(\frac{3}{4}\) quarts