document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012974>Question 1012974</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x=half original beads; 2x=original number of beads<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=(1/6)x+(1/7)x+58<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(7/42)x+(6/42)x+58<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(13/42)x+58<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(29/42)x=58<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(42/29)(58)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She had 84 beads left after she made the necklace<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original number=2x=2(84)=168<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: She originally had 168 beads.<BR>\n" );
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