SOLUTION: Crystal beads a placed in a row in the order of maroon, magenta, ruby and scarlet. What colour would the 59th bead be?

Question 1092456: Crystal beads a placed in a row in the order of maroon, magenta, ruby and scarlet. What colour would the 59th bead be?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If this order "maroon, magenta, ruby and scarlet" is a repeating pattern, 


then the answer is  "ruby".


To get it, divide 59 by the length of the pattern (which is 4) and find the remainder (which is 3).


Then the remainder will point you to the crystal bead in the pattern.

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