Answer:
a. [tex]\frac{5}8[/tex] cups of purple paints required.
b. [tex]\frac{5}8[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that
Number of purple paints required with 8 cups of white paint = 5
To find:
a. Number of cups of purple paint needed to be added to 1 cup of white paint ?
b. Constant of proportionality.
Solution:
Answer a. We can use unitary method here to find the number of cups of purple paint that are to be added to 1 cup of white paint.
Let us use the given statement:
8 cups of white paint require = 5 cups of purple paint
Let us divide both sides by 8:
1 cup of white paint require = [tex]\frac{5}8[/tex] cups of purple paint
Answer b.
Constant of proportionality is nothing but the ratio of two numbers which are present in a proportion.
Here, the ratio between number of cups of purple paint and number of cups of white paint is:
5:8 or [tex]\frac{5}8[/tex].
so, the answer is: [tex]\frac{5}8[/tex]
