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The ratio of red beads to blue beads on a necklace is 4:7. If there are 16 red beads, how many blue ones are there?​

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Answer:

There are 28 beads

Step-by-step explanation:

Total ratio:

[tex]{ \sf{ (4 + 7) = 11}}[/tex]

let total beads be x:

[tex]{ \sf{ \frac{4}{11} \times x = 16 }} \\ \\ { \sf{x = \frac{11 \times 16}{4} }} \\ x = 44 \: beads[/tex]

Blue beads:

[tex] = 44 - 16 \\ = 28 \: \: beads[/tex]

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