SOLUTION: Divyia has several books in her library 1/4 of her books are poetry books, of those remaining 1/2 are fiction, of the rest 2/3 are reference books the last 5 are math books. How ma
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Question 30394: Divyia has several books in her library 1/4 of her books are poetry books, of those remaining 1/2 are fiction, of the rest 2/3 are reference books the last 5 are math books. How many books those Diviya have in her library?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/4B+(1/2)(3/4)B+(2/3)(1/2)(3/4)B +5 = B
1/4B + 3/8B + 1/4B + 5= B
7/8B + 5 = B
5 = 1/8B
B = 5X8 = 40 OR 5 MATH, 10 REF, 15 FICTION & 10 POETRY.
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