Molly uses 192 beads to make a bracelet and a necklace.it takes 5 times as many beads to make a necklace than it does to make a bracelet .how many beads it takes to make the necklace ?
To find out how many beads it takes to make the necklace, we need to first determine how many beads are used to make the bracelet.
Let's assume that the number of beads used to make the bracelet is B. According to the given information, it takes 5 times as many beads to make a necklace as it does to make a bracelet. Therefore, the number of beads used to make the necklace is 5B.
Since Molly uses a total of 192 beads to make both the bracelet and the necklace, we can form an equation:
B + 5B = 192
Simplifying the equation:
6B = 192
Divide both sides of the equation by 6:
B = 192 / 6
B = 32
So, it takes 32 beads to make the bracelet.
To find out how many beads it takes to make the necklace, we can substitute the value of B into the equation:
Necklace beads = 5B
Necklace beads = 5 * 32
Necklace beads = 160
Therefore, it takes 160 beads to make the necklace.
Let b = beads in a bracelet.
b + 5b = 192