Cayley 2023 Part A - Question 8, CEMC UWaterloo

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(Cayley 2023, Part A, Question 8, CEMC - UWaterloo)

Charlie is making a necklace with yellow beads and green beads. She has already used $4$ green beads and $0$ yellow beads. How many yellow beads will she have to add so that $\frac{4}{5}$ of the total number of beads are yellow?
$(A)$ $16$
$(B)$ $4$
$(C)$ $20$
$(D)$ $24$
$(E)$ $12$

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