Jenny is making tie-dyed shirts for her class with her school colors, blue and yellow. She used a total of 8 ounces of fabric paint. The amount of blue paint is 3 times the amount of yellow paint.

Answer 1

Let's call the amount of yellow paint "y".

According to the problem, the amount of blue paint is 3 times the amount of yellow paint, so the amount of blue paint is 3y.

Together, the amount of blue and yellow paint equals the total amount of paint Jenny used:

3y + y = 8

Simplifying the equation:

4y = 8

y = 2

So Jenny used 2 ounces of yellow paint and 3 times that amount (6 ounces) of blue paint.