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this is calculator question number 26 from the March 2019 SAT exam College Board's asked a ratio question about mixing blue and yellow paint to get green and the question is if Anita uses two ounces of blue - three ounces of yellow in her first batch that she wants the same ratio in the second batch with five ounces of blue how much yellow I'm going to call that amount X and choice a would be five ounces the question is is 2/3 equal to 5 over 5 and clearly that's not Tribune as 5 over 5 is 1 and 2/3 it's less so choice a is wrong what about choice B is 2/3 equal to 3 ounces more than the amount of yellow in the first batch batch so still 5 blue but we had 3 yellow and now we're going to have 3 more so 3 plus 3 is 6 and 2/3 is not equal to 5 over 6 so that is not the same ratio of blue and yellow choice B is wrong how much waste see 1.5 times the amount of yellow in the first batch that'