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carolette is making necklace's in blue and orange her ratio of blue beads to orange beads are 3 to 2 how many beads will carolette need for a necklace of 60 beads

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Answer:

Carlotta needs 24 orange beads for her necklace.

Step-by-step explanation:

For each necklace, the ratio of blue beads to orange beads is 3 to 2. or 3:2

Total beads given to make a necklace is = 60

Let the number of orange beads be = x

The ratio is 2 orange beads out of 5 total beads

So, we can represent the ratio as:

x=24

Hence, Carlotta needs 24 orange beads for her necklace.

Blue beads needed =  

We can also check the ratio for blue beads to orange beads:

Divide by 4, we get

Divide by 3, we get

 ...... (the given ratio)

Therefore, Carlotta needs 24 orange beads for her necklace