On six book shelves there are 72 books per shelf. How many books are there altogether? If 1/3 of these are non-fiction, how many
fictional books are there?
1 answer:
6*72= 432 There are 432 books all together.
1/3*432=144 there is 144 non-fiction books.
432-144= 288 there is 288 fiction books
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