A certain shade of pink is created by adding 3 cups of white paint to 2 cups of red paint. If 15 cups of red paint was poured into a container, how many cups
of white paint is needed to make the certain shade of pink?

22.5

Step-by-step explanation:

red : white

2 : 3

1 : 3/2

15 : 3/2 ×15

15 : 22.5

the answer is first opition , 22.5

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.