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A factory makes red, blue, and yellow buttons. Within an hour, the number of red buttons that the factory makes is 5 times the number of blue buttons and 22 yellow buttons were made. During this hour, the factory makes 100 total buttons. Using the scenario above, how many red buttons are made?

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Let the number of blue buttons be B. Then red buttons R = 5B, and yellow Y = 22.

Total: R + B + Y = 100 → 5B + B + 22 = 100 → 6B = 78 → B = 13.

Thus R = 5B = 5 × 13 = 65.

Answer: 65 red buttons.