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?
Answers
oobleck
1/17 * 3/4 = 3/68 are red
Bosnian
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
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