NECKLACE MATHS

[francoisph]

Hi,

Please any ideas?
a necklace is made by stringing N individual beads together in the repeating pattern red, green, white,blue,
and yellow
if the necklace design begins with a red bead and ends with a white bead, then N could equal

thks

[vishubn]

hi

there are two possible value to this ,

N can be multiples of (N*5)+3 , where the Number ending can be either 8 or 3 , what is the source of the question??

Vishu

[francoisph]

if the necklace design begins with a red bead and ends with a white bead, then N could equal ?

How to find n?

[francoisph]

A 16
B 32
C 41
D 54
E 68

[jeffedwards]

E - 68

For the same reason as explained by vishubn. When the question asks what a number could be, it's helpful to have the list, because there are normally multiple possible numbers that match such criteria.