a necklace is made by stringing n individual beads together in the repeating pattern, red bead, green bead, white bead, blue bead and yellow bead. if the necklace design begins with a red bead and ends white bead then n could equal?
a - 16
b - 32
c - 41
d - 54
e - 68
OG ANSWER IS E ... CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN?
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There are 5 beads in the sequence. Every time the sequence is completed, you add 5 beads. So the sequence of 5 beads goes on and on and on for a while, and every time it is completed, the total number of beads is a multiple of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20... Eventually, though, we don't complete a full sequence; we stop on white. The white bead is the third bead in the sequence, so the number of beads we have is 3 more than some multiple of 5. This means the total number of beads must end in 3 or 8. The only one that does is E
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Write down 'Red, Green, White, Blue, Yellow'
When you examine and count, you will find the Yellow always ends on 5 and 10. So from here, you can count after 10 and see where you land in the list.
A: 10 is Yellow. Count six more, and end on Red (out)
B: 30 is Yellow. Count two more and end on Green (out)
You can go through this process until you see that E works. 60 is yellow, count eight more and land on White.
When you examine and count, you will find the Yellow always ends on 5 and 10. So from here, you can count after 10 and see where you land in the list.
A: 10 is Yellow. Count six more, and end on Red (out)
B: 30 is Yellow. Count two more and end on Green (out)
You can go through this process until you see that E works. 60 is yellow, count eight more and land on White.
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Let me explain my method and maybe you can let me know what you all think.
To add onto sl750, you set up the problem with R, G, W, B, Y thus to fill the rotation, a complete round is 5
BUT you need to end on white, so you are looking for an answer that is divisible by 5 with a remainder of 3
68/5 = 13 R3
E is the only choice with this type of requirement.
To add onto sl750, you set up the problem with R, G, W, B, Y thus to fill the rotation, a complete round is 5
BUT you need to end on white, so you are looking for an answer that is divisible by 5 with a remainder of 3
68/5 = 13 R3
E is the only choice with this type of requirement.
