Ivan has 5 times as may blue beads as red beads he has 49 red and blue beads in all. how man blue beads does he have ?
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To solve this problem, we can break it down into two steps:
Step 1: Let's assume the number of red beads Ivan has is x. According to the problem, Ivan has 5 times as many blue beads as red beads. Therefore, the number of blue beads Ivan has would be 5x.
Step 2: We are given that the total number of red and blue beads is 49. So we can write an equation to represent this: x + 5x = 49.
Now, we can solve the equation:
Combine like terms: 6x = 49.
Divide both sides of the equation by 6 to isolate x: x = 49 / 6 = 8.16 (approximately).
Since we can't have a fraction of a bead, we can round the answer down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Ivan has 8 red beads.
To find the number of blue beads Ivan has, we can substitute the value of x back into the equation:
Number of blue beads = 5x = 5 * 8 = 40.
So, Ivan has 40 blue beads.