Grades 5-6 Video Solutions 2021-video 2021 5-6/8

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8. Karen is going to paint the walls of her room green. The green paint is too dark, so she mixes it with white paint. She tries different mixtures. Which of the following mixtures  will give the darkest green color? The darkest green color will be produced when the least white relative to green is used.  So we can use ratios to see which one of these paint mixtures has the least white. So starting with A, we have 3 parts white, 1 part green. B is 6 parts white, 2 parts  green. Now that simplifies down to 3 to 1. C, 9 to 3, which again simplifies to 3 to 1. And D, 12 parts white, 4 parts green. This also simplifies down to 3 to 1.  So since after the simplifications all the mixtures have the same ratios, they must all be equally dark. Therefore, the answer is E.

Video Summary

Karen wants the darkest green wall paint by using the least white paint relative to green. She examines four mixtures: A (3 white, 1 green), B (6 white, 2 green), C (9 white, 3 green), and D (12 white, 4 green). Simplifying these ratios, all become 3 to 1, indicating equal darkness. Therefore, all mixtures result in the same shade of green, and the answer is that every mixture offers the same level of dark green.

Keywords

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