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Jenny has 177 more songs downloaded on your MP3 player than diamond together they have 895 songs downloaded how many songs does each girl have

User Jeff Hall
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Let j be Jenny's songs and d Diamond's songs

So we know that together they have 895, thus j+d=895
Jenny has 177 more songs, thus j=177+d

Solve these two equations to get the result.

d=895-177-d
2d=718
d=359
j=536
User Kernix
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895 - 177 = 718
718 ÷ 2 = 359
Diamond songs
359
Jenny Songs
359 + 177 = 536
User Nareille
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