document.write( "Question 1012974: Ann had a bag of glass beads. She used half of them to make a necklace. She and her sister used 1/6 and 1/7 of the remaining beads to make bracelets. If 58 beads were left, find the original number of beads. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Ann had a bag of glass beads. She used half of them to make a necklace. She and her sister used 1/6 and 1/7 of the remaining beads to make bracelets. If 58 beads were left, find the original number of beads.
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document.write( "58 remaining beads is \"1%2F2+-+%281%2F2%29%2A%281%2F6%2B1%2F7%29\" = \"1%2F2+-+%281%2F2%29%2A%287%2F42%2B6%2F42%29\" = \"1%2F2+-+%281%2F2%29%2A%2813%2F42%29\" = \"1%2F2-13%2F84\" = \"42%2F84-13%2F84\" = \"29%2F84\" of the original number of beads.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the original number of beads is  \"%2858%2A84%29%2F29\" = 2*84 = 168.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. The original number of beads was 168.\r\n" );
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