document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=885690>Question 885690</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A library had to reduce its books by 1/7. It now has 132 books. How many books did it have originally? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you help be set this ratio up to solve? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you help be set this ratio up to solve?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=number of books originally<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6/7)x=132<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=7*132/6=154<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of books originally=154 </SPAN>\n" );
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