Problema Solution

john has a bag of beads. she used 1/3 of the beads make a bracelet and 3/5 of beads to make necklace. she uses 36 beads to make necklace. how many beads does john use to make the bracelet

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let x the number of beads john needs to make the bracelet


3x = the total number of beads (since she used 1/3 of the beads for bracelet)


(3/5)3x = 36


by solving we find:


x = 20 beads


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john uses 20 beads to make the bracelet.