Question

In art class students are mixing blue and red paint to make purple paint. Joseph mixes 9 cups of blue paint and 4 cups of red paint. Audrey mixes 5 cups of blue paint and 3 cups of red paint. Use Joseph and Audrey’s percent of blue paint to determine whose purple paint will be bluer.

Answer 1

Joseph's purple paint will be bluer because he used 64.3% blue paint (9 cups of blue paint divided by 14 cups of paint total) while Audrey used 62.5% blue paint (5 cups of blue paint divided by 8 cups of paint total).