Kim needs to place 32 mystery books and 56 biography books on libraryshelves. She is to place the maximum number of books on eac
h shelf sothat all the shelves have the same number of books. Each shelf will contain only one type of book. Part A: Determine the number of books to be placed on each shelf.
Part B: How many shelves will Kim use for each type of book?
Part A:You'll put 8 books on each shelf. To do this, all I had to do was find the greatest common factor(GCF) of 32 and 56 which is 8. You have to do that because you had to find a number that divided evenly between 32 and 56. Part B: Mystery Books:4 Biography Books: 7