SOLUTION: Erin has red blue and yellow barretts. She has 5 times as many blue barretts as red barretts and 2 times as many yellow barretts as red barretts. Altogether, she has 24 barretts.

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Question 668512: Erin has red blue and yellow barretts. She has 5 times as many blue barretts as red barretts and 2 times as many yellow barretts as red barretts. Altogether, she has 24 barretts. How many of each color does she have?
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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the number of red, then is the number of blue and is the number of yellow.



Solve for , then calculate and

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Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
RED=================BLUE======================YELLOW==============
6 10 8
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6+10=16+8=24