document.write( "Question 259720: Mike and Tina each had iPods . Tina had 4/5 as many songs as Mike. When Mike accidentally erased 27 songs from her iPod, Tina had twice as many songs as Mike. How many songs did Mike originally have? \n" ); document.write( "
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In this weird PC(politically correct but insane ) world where men have women's names and vice versa Mike is female.
\n" ); document.write( "Then we have:
\n" ); document.write( "t=4/5*m
\n" ); document.write( "(m-27)=t/2
\n" ); document.write( "m=45
\n" ); document.write( "t=36
\n" ); document.write( "check
\n" ); document.write( "45-27=36/2
\n" ); document.write( "18=18
\n" ); document.write( "ok
\n" ); document.write( "If the \"her\" is Tina it doesn't work out.
\n" ); document.write( "t=4/5*m
\n" ); document.write( "(t-27)=2m
\n" ); document.write( "4/5*m-27=2m
\n" ); document.write( "m=-45/2
\n" ); document.write( "m can't be negative and it must be a whole number.
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