A student brings whole cherry and cheese danishes to his class for his birthday. The number of cherry danishes he brings is at least 3 more than 23 the number of cheese danishes, but no more than twice the number of cheese danishes. Find the smallest possible value for the total number of danishes he brings.
3 + 2/3 cheese < 2 cheese
3 < 4/3 cheese
cheese> 9/4 the smallest whole number would be 3 cheese then 5 cherry total 8