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23 September, 20:06

A teacher has 84 books in her classroom The ratio of fiction to nonfiction is 4:3 how many of each type of book does she have?

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  1. 23 September, 20:09
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    Since the ratio is 4:3, you can set the equation 7x = 84

    and 4x = fiction, 3x = nonfiction.

    x=12

    so there are 48 fiction and 36 nonfiction
  2. 23 September, 20:16
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    The teacher has 48 fiction books and 36 non-fiction books.

    1) 4*12=48 3*12=36

    2) 48+36=84

    3) 4:3 = 48:36
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