The School Spirit Club is making beaded friendship bracelets with the school colors to sell in the school store. The bracelets a
re black and orange and come in two lengths: 5 inches and 7 inches. The club has enough beads to make a total of 84 bracelets. So far, they have made 49 bracelets, which represents __ 1 2 the number of 5-inch bracelets plus __ 3 4 the number of 7-inch bracelets they plan to make and sell. Determine how many 5-inch and 7-inch bracelets the club plans to make. 1. Let x represent the number of 5-inch bracelets, and let y represent the number of 7-inch bracelets. Write a system of equations in standard form to represent this problem situation. Fractions and Linear Combinations ACTIVITY 2.4 2. Karyn says that the first step to solve this system is to multiply the second equation by the least common denominator (LCD) of the fractions. Jacob says that the first step is to multiply the first equation by 2 __ 1 2. Who is correct? Explain your reasoning.
