Four balls of wool will make 8 knitted caps. how many balls of wool will malcolm need if he wants to make six caps

3 balls of wool and the way I got the answer was if 4 balls of wool make 8 caps then 2 balls of wool make 4 caps so the answer would be 3 balls of wool because 1 ball of wool makes 2 caps and so 2 balls of wool makes 4 caps and 3 balls of woll makes 6 caps and 4 balls of wool would make 8 caps

x = -3

Step-by-step explanation:

First Subtract the lowest variable which would be "y" from 9y. 9y changes to 8y and y cancels out, bring everything else down. the equation is now 8y-1=-25. Now add positive one to both sides -25 becomes -24 and -1 cancels out. the equation is now 8y=-24. -24 divided by 8 equals -3 and the 8y cancels out. the equation is now x equals -3.