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Not sure what to do here? Naomi has 50 red beads and white beads. The number of red beads is 1 more than 6 times the number of white beads. How many red beads does Naomi have?

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r + w = 50
r = 6w + 1

now we sub ..
6w + 1 + w = 50
7w + 1 = 50
7w = 50 - 1
7w = 49
w = 49/7
w = 7 <== white beads

r = 6w + 1
r = 6(7) + 1
r = 42 + 1
r = 43 <=== red beads

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