Andre makes green paint by mixing 5 cups of yellow paint with 2 cups of blue paint. let y represent the cups of yellow paint and b represent the cups of blue paint. Write an equation that shows how y and b are related.

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EXPLANATION:

Given;

We are told that to make green paint, Andre mixes the following;

[tex]5cups\text{ }yellow\text{ }paint+2cups\text{ }blue\text{ }paint[/tex]

Required;

We are required to write an equation that shows how the yellow paint and blue paint are related.

Step-by-step solution;

We shall represent yellow paint with letter y, and blue paint with letter b.

The mixture is now represented as;

ANSWER:

[tex]g=5y+2b[/tex]