Question

sarah made a necklace using 5 times as many blue beads as white beads. she used a total of 30 beads. how many blue beads did sarah use?

Answer 1

Let, the blue beads = 5x

white beads = x

Now, x+5x = 30

6x = 30

x = 5

So, 5x = 5(5) = 25

So, blue beads = 25