Aylin has sufficient numbers of stones in yellow, blue, and red colors. She strung 3 yellow, 2 blue, and 1 red stone on a string in that order, then repeated this process a certain number of times while preserving this color sequence of the stones to make a bracelet. When Aylin placed this bracelet in an empty jewelry box, she saw that some stones in the bracelet were inside the box and others were outside the box as shown in the figure. Given that the number of yellow stones inside the box is 2 more than the number of blue stones inside the box, what is the total number of stones used in the bracelet? A) 30 B) 36 C) 42 D) 48 E) 54
Aylin has sufficient numbers of stones in yellow, blue, and red colors. She strung 3 yellow, 2 blue, and 1 red stone on a string in that order, then repeated this process a certain number of times while preserving this color sequence of the stones to make a bracelet. When Aylin placed this bracelet in an empty jewelry box, she saw that some stones in the bracelet were inside the box and others were outside the box as shown in the figure.
Given that the number of yellow stones inside the box is 2 more than the number of blue stones inside the box, what is the total number of stones used in the bracelet?
A) 30
B) 36
C) 42
D) 48
E) 54