Solving Ratio Problems (continued)
2. a) How many litres of each colour could Kylie have started with?
b) How many litres of each colour could Kylie have added?
Kylie is mixing paint to get the colour she wants for her apartment.
She mixed 5 parts blue to 3 parts yellow but did not like the result. The colour didn't look yellow enough.
Kylie added a little more blue to the mixture. Then she added 5 times as much yellow as she did blue. The end result had blue and yellow in a ratio of 3: 4. Kylie liked the new colour.
Answer each question. Show your thinking.
List more than one possibility, if there is more than one, for questions 2a) and b).
1. Why is the new colour more yellowy than the first colour?