There are 24 red beads. The number of red beads is 34 the number of blue beads. The number of white beads is 0.5 the number of blue beads. What is the total number of beads on Kirsten’s necklace?
Presumably this should read
"There are 24 red beads. The number of red beads is 34 less than the number of blue beads. The number of white beads is 0.5 the number of blue beads. What is the total number of beads on Kirsten’s necklace?"
If so, then
r = 24
b = r + 34
w = b/2
total = r + b + w
Can you take it from here?