To find the total number of jellybeans, we can set up a proportion:
(1/3)red jellybeans / (total jellybeans) = red jellybeans / 38,567,942
Simplifying the proportion, we get:
total jellybeans = (red jellybeans * total jellybeans) / red jellybeans
total jellybeans = (38,567,942 * 3) / 1
total jellybeans = 115,703,826
Therefore, there are 115,703,826 jellybeans in total.
1/3 of the jellybeans in the world are red. If that 1/3 amounts to 38,567,942 red jelly beans, how many jelly beans are there in total?
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