Question

A box has orange, green and brown beads.

There are 8 more orange beads than green ones.

There are twice as many brown beads as orange beads.

How many orange beads are there?

Explain how to get your answer please.

Answer 1

The number of orange beads in the given box  = ( k+ 8)

k : number of green beads

Step-by-step explanation:

Here,  let us assume that the total number of green beads  = k

So, the number of orange beads  = Green beads  + 8  = (k + 8)

The number of brown beads = 2 x (Number of orange beads)  

= 2( k + 8)

So, here the number of orange beads depends upon the number of green brads.

Hence, the number of orange beads in the given box  = ( k+ 8)