Question

Jeremy has 3/5 as many saved text messages as Ria. Jeremy has 24 saved text messages. How many saved texts do they have in all? (that is the only information given from the problem)

Answer 1

J = 3/5R
J = 24

24 = 3/5R
24 * 5/3 = R
120/3 = R
40 = R

total = 40 + 24 = 64 text messages in total