SOLUTION: The ratio of bad Billy Joel songs to good Billy Joel songs is 25 to 2. He has recorded 184 more bad
songs than good songs. How many good songs has he recorded?
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songs than good songs. How many good songs has he recorded?
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Question 508432: The ratio of bad Billy Joel songs to good Billy Joel songs is 25 to 2. He has recorded 184 more bad
songs than good songs. How many good songs has he recorded? Answer by swincher4391(1107) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It may not look like it, but since ratios are also fractions, we have a proportion on our hands.
25 bad
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2 good
Let's call g, the number of good songs that Billy Joel has recorded
Then g+184 is how many bad songs he has recorded.
25/2 = g+184 / g
Now let's cross multiply so that we get...
25g = 2(g+184)
distribute the 2
25g = 2g + 368
23g = 368
g = 16
Billy Joel has recorded 16 good songs.
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