i reaally need help with this question bcoz i cnt work it out! - Help.com

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its not cheating.

the short one has 40 beads in all. that means for every 32 gold beads there are 8 black beads. simplified, their is one black bead for every gold bead. that should help

the ratio is 4/1, so their are a total of 50 gold beads.

noo .. ive worked out for every 4 gold beads there is 1 black bead .. =$

thanks for your help but im still bafffffffffffledd

if there are 48 gold beads, and there are a total of 60 beads in all, will there still be a 4/1 ratio?

Well 60 divided by 4 is 15 .. so does that not mean there are 15 blak beads

but i thought you add the ratios which is 4:1 which would equal 5 n then i dont know =[

is 48/12 equal to 4/1? if it is, then the ratios are the same. what is 48+12?

60 divided by 5 = 12

is this the answer?

32+8=? 32/8=? 48/12=? 48+12=? the ratio needed is 4/1, and there must be 60 beads in total

48/12 is equal to 4/1

but where did you actuallly get 48/12 from

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But if instead i added 4;1 which is 5 and then i

divided 60 by 5 i would get 12

is this not an easier way 2 work it out

we already have the ratio of 4/1, now we just need to multiply it so that it has a product of 60. and remember, you have to multiply both sides by the same number.

Omg! my teachers lied to me! noooooooooo!!!! but eh answer to your question is yes, but not al the time.

if he ratio is 12/1, then you have to divide it by thirteen, and if its not a multiple of 13, it wont work.

32:8
4:1
48:12

i still dont know how id get 48:12 .. i know its the same ratio but the ony way i worked it out was to write out the 4 times table .. anyone know a better way ?

let ‘x’ be the number of black beads on the long chain
so by using ratios,

40/8 = 60/x

and so x = 60/5 = 12

use this everywhere you see ratios!! lol

Sixty is one and a half times forty… your answer is 32 times one and a half and 8 times one and a half.