One third of the beads are red, 5/12 are green and 9 are yellow. How many beads are there?

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assume red+green+yello=all the beeds

red=1/3=4/12

green=5/12

red+green=9/12

thus yello=3/12=9 beeds

all beeds=(12/3)*9=3*12=36
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