Question

There are some beads in a box. 1/4 of the beads are white. 1/17 of the remaining beads are red, What fraction of the beads are red?

Answer 1

1/17 * 3/4 = 3/68 are red

Answer 2

x = number of beads

number of white beads = 1 / 4 x

The remainder is 3 / 4 x = 3 x / 4

the number of red beads is 1 / 17 of the remainder =

( 3 x / 4 ) / 17 = 3 x / 4 ∙ 17 = 3 x / 68

The fraction of red beads is 3 / 68