There were some jelly beans in a jar putri ate 1 4 of the jelly beans emma atr 4 9 of the remaining jelly beans there were 35 jelly beans left in the jar how many jelly beans did putri eat?

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Let's start by finding out how many jelly beans Emma ate. Emma ate 4/9 of the remaining jelly beans, so she ate 4/9 * 35 = <<4/9*35=15.56>>15.56 jelly beans.
The remaining jelly beans after Putri ate some were 35 jelly beans, so before Emma ate any, there were 35 + 15.56 = <<35+15.56=50.56>>50.56 jelly beans.
Putri ate 1/4 of the total jelly beans in the jar, so she ate 1/4 * 50.56 = <<1/4*50.56=12.64>>12.64 jelly beans.
Therefore, Putri ate 12.64 jelly beans. Answer: \boxed{12.64}.