Thursday, 31 October 2013

Pixie and Vedansi together have m marbles

Let Pixie and Vedansi together have m marbles, where m > 0.
Pixie says to Vedansi, "If I give you some marbles then you will have twice as many marbles
as I will have."
Vedansi replies to Pixie, "If I give you some marbles then you will have thrice as many marbles
 as I will have."
What is the minimum possible value of m for which the above statements are true?

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