Molly uses 192 beads to make a bracelet and a necklace. it takes 5 times aas many beads to make a bracelet. how many beads are used to make the necklace.

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15 February, 19:58

Molly uses 192 beads to make a bracelet and a necklace. it takes 5 times aas many beads to make a bracelet. how many beads are used to make the necklace.

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Fisher · Answer 1

First, let us use X as the amount of beads used to make the necklace.

If it take 5 times as many beads used in a necklace to make a bracelet, then the amount of beads used to make a bracelet would we 5X.

Next, we can put it into an equation: 5X + X = 192 because the number of beads in a necklace and in a bracelet totals up to 192.

5X + X = 6X, so the equation then becomes 6X = 192.

192 divided by 6 equals 32, so X = 32 and 32 beads are needed to make a necklace.

Your answer is 32 beads.

If you need to find how many beads are in the bracelet, then multiply 5 by 32 (because the amount of beads is 5X), which is 160 beads in a bracelet.