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Question
Thirumagal's mother wears a bracelet made of 35 red beads and 30 blue beads. Thirumagal wants to make smaller bracelets using the same two coloured beads in the same ratio. In how many different ways can she make the bracelets?
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Solution
Red : blue = 35 : 30 = 7 : 6
Different ways
(i) 7 : 6
(ii) 14 : 12
(iii) 21 : 18
(iv) 28 : 24
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