Problem: # 88 a necklace is made by stringing q no individual beads together in the repeating pattern red bead , green bead , white bead , blue bead , and yellow bead . if the necklace design begins with a red bead and ends with a white bead , then q could equal
Rationale: you can just write out the pattern and count : rgwbyrgwbyrgwby . . . but to save time a good test taker will just look for a pattern . min # is 3 , because w is the third one . then every 5 beads another white comes , so it must be 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 . . and so on . . . 3 + 5 = 8 3 + 5 + 5 = 13 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 18 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 23 so you see it ends in either 8 or 3 . pick an answer that ends in either 8 or 3 . only one answer does , b .
annotated_formula: add(add(add(add(add(add(divide(88, 88), const_2), add(const_2, const_3)), add(const_2, const_3)), add(const_2, const_3)), add(const_2, const_3)), add(const_2, const_3))