Jeremy uses red beads and blue beads to make a necklace.
He uses three times as many red beads as blue beads.
He uses a total of 48 beads.
How many red beads does he use?
(1 point)
Responses
12
12
16
16
36
36
45
45
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Let's say the number of blue beads Jeremy uses is x.
Jeremy uses 3*x red beads.
So a total of x + 3*x = 48 beads are used.
This simplifies to 4*x = 48.
So x = 48/4 = <<48/4=12>>12.
Jeremy uses 12 x 3 = <<12*3=36>>36 red beads. Answer: \boxed{36}.