HELP! Mr johnson needs a shelf to hold a set of textbooks, each

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HELP! Mr johnson needs a shelf to hold a set of textbooks, each

20" id="TexFormula1" title=" 1\frac{3}{4} " alt=" 1\frac{3}{4} " align="absmiddle" class="latex-formula"> inches wide. How many books will fit on a 35- inch - long shelf?
a) 23 books
b) 21 books
c) 61 books
d) 20 books

Mathematics

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inysia [295] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-24T05:15:41+03:00

inysia [295]2 years ago

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How many 1 3/4 inches are there in 35 inches?
Or in math talk:

35" ÷ 1 3/4
The answer is that 20 books will fit on the shelf.
I used a calculator and used 1.75 instead of 1 3/4