In art class students are mixing black and white paint to make gray paint. Autumn mixes 6 cups of black paint and 11 cups of white paint. Jackson mixes 5 cups of black paint and 9 cups of white paint. Use Autumn and Jackson’s percent of white paint to determine whose gray paint will be lighter.
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 2

Autumn percent of white paint (to nearest whole number) =
%
Jackson percent of white paint (to nearest whole number) =
%
Autumn’s gray paint will be lighter.
Jackson’s gray paint will be lighter.
The two gray paints will be equally light.