Jaime mixes purple paint. She uses six pints of blue paint for every five pints
of red paint. Jaime wants to mix more paint exactly the same color. She has 21
pints of blue paint. How much red paint does she need?
6/5 = 21/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
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To find out how much red paint Jaime needs, we can set up a proportion based on the ratio given in the problem. The proportion can be set up as follows:
6 pints of blue paint / 5 pints of red paint = 21 pints of blue paint / x pints of red paint
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then solve for x.
6 pints of blue paint * x pints of red paint = 21 pints of blue paint * 5 pints of red paint
6x = 21 * 5
6x = 105
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 6 to isolate x:
x = 105 / 6
x = 17.5
Therefore, Jaime needs 17.5 pints of red paint to mix more paint exactly the same color.