Cecilia bought a necklace made of silver and blue beads. The necklace had 30 silver beads and 36 blue beads. The information car

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Cecilia bought a necklace made of silver and blue beads. The necklace had 30 silver beads and 36 blue beads. The information car

d on the necklace said that more than 1/3 of the beads are silver. Was the information on the card correct? Explain your answer.

Mathematics

2 answers:

gulaghasi [49] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-21T20:05:24+03:00

gulaghasi [49]3 years ago

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The information on the card was correct because their are 66 total beads and 1/3 of that is 22 and there are 30 silver beads so the statement is True

Radda [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-21T18:44:21+03:00

Radda [10]3 years ago

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The information was correct.

We can solve this by making a ratio of silver to the total number of beads.

30/66 Divide both sides by 6

5/11>4/12?

Is 5/11 bigger than 1/3? Yep. It is. Therefore the information was correct.