Jerome wanted to decorate a room by hanging rows of wooden beads across the windows. He strung 1/3 of the beads in 7 long pieces of string and 4/9 of the beads in 16 short pieces of string. He kept the rest of the beads in a container. Each long piece of string had 15 more beads than each short piece of string. (a) What fraction of the beads was kept in the container? (b) How many beads did Jerome use to create his decoration?

Jerome wanted to decorate a room by hanging rows of wooden beads across the windows. He strung 1/3 of the beads in 7 long pieces of string and 4/9 of the beads in 16 short pieces of string. He kept the rest of the beads in a container. Each long piece of string had 15 more beads than each short piece of string. (a) What fraction of the beads was kept in the container? (b) How many beads did Jerome use to create his decoration?

Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)

6th Edition

ISBN:9780134463216

Author:Robert F. Blitzer

Publisher:Robert F. Blitzer

ChapterP: Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...

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