Question

Alma makes 5 cups of her favorite shade of purple paint by mixing 3 cups of blue paint, 11/2 cups of red paint, and 1/2 a cup of white paint. Alma has 2 cups of white paint.

Assuming she has enough red paint and blue paint, how much purple paint can Alma make?

Answer 1

Answer:

8 1/2 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

Add the blue and red cups of paint together to get 8 1/2 cups of paint.

Since we can assume she has enough, the answer is eight and a half cups of purple paint.