SOLUTION: Julie puts 62 blue buttons in a bag. This number is 12 more than half the number of red buttons. The number of yellow buttons is one quarter the number of red buttons. How many yel

Question 1021125: Julie puts 62 blue buttons in a bag. This number is 12 more than half the number of red buttons. The number of yellow buttons is one quarter the number of red buttons. How many yellow buttons are in the bag?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
62 blue buttons
This number is 12 more than half
the number of red buttons.
62 - 12 = 50
50 x 2 = 100
100 red buttons
The number of yellow buttons is
one quarter the number of red buttons.
100/4
Yellow buttons = 25
Hope this helps :-)
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