Mike and Ken shared some stamps. \frac{1}{5} 5 1 ​ of Ken's stamps were \frac{1}{3} 3 1 ​ of Mike's stamps. If Mike gave Ken 24 stamps, Ken would have thrice as many stamps as Mike. Find the number of stamps each of them had in the beginning.

Mike had 72 stamps

Ken had 120 stamps

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Find K and M

Make K the subject in:

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Multiply both sides by 15

Collect like terms

Divide both sides by 4

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step-by-step explanation:

if you are saying purchasing 3 social media ads and one newspaper ad counts as one purchase then there are:

6 purchases

if you are asking how many of each then:

18 social media ads

6 newspaper ads