Problema Solution
On Thursday Dylan brought nine songs. On Saturday half of all the songs that he had were deleted. On Sunday there were only 24 left. How many did he have on Monday?
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let 'x' represent the number of songs that Dylan began with on Monday
On Thursday Dylan bought nine songs so he had total of: x + 9 songs
On Saturday, half of all the songs that he had were deleted and he was left with (1/2)(x + 9) songs
On Sunday, there were only 24 left means:
(1/2)(x + 9) = 24
by solving we find:
x = 39 songs
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On Monday Dylan had 39 songs.