SOLUTION: Ann has a bag of glass beads. She uses half of them to make a necklace. Then she uses 1/6 and 1/7 of the original number of beads respectively to make two bracelets 16 glass bead
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Question 1045377: Ann has a bag of glass beads. She uses half of them to make a necklace. Then she uses 1/6 and 1/7 of the original number of beads respectively to make two bracelets 16 glass beads are left, how many glass beads are used to make the necklace?
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n be the original number of glass beads. Then:
n-(n/2)-(n/6)-(n/7)=16
42n-21n-7n-6n=672
8n = 672
n=84
Since the necklace is made from half the original beads, it is made of 42 beads. ☺☺☺☺
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