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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)

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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
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