Naomi has 50 red beads and white beads. The number of red beads is 1 more than 6 times the number of white beads. How many red b

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Marat540 [252]

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Naomi has 50 red beads and white beads. The number of red beads is 1 more than 6 times the number of white beads. How many red b

eads does Naomi have?

Mathematics

2 answers:

BaLLatris [955] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-07T01:22:07+03:00

BaLLatris [955]2 years ago

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She has 43 red beads :)

Misha Larkins [42] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-07T03:29:54+03:00

Let w = white beads. Solve for w and then find the number of red beads.

w + 6w + 1 = 50 

7w = 50 - 1 

7w = 49 

w = 49 / 7 

w = 7 

She has 7 white beads. 

7 * 6 = 42 red beads 

Check: 

7 + 1 + 42 = 50 So... the real answer is 42...