Maya has 2x as many white beads as black beads. After using 40 white and 5 black to make a necklace she has 3x as many black beads as white. How many black beads she started with?
1 Answer
Sep 26, 2016
She started with
Explanation:
Suppose Maya has
She used
so she was left with
Now as she has
Hence, she started with