SOLUTION: The library got 1,678 books and has 12 groups of shelves and has 8 shelves on each group how many books will be on each shelve ??

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Question 1029443: The library got 1,678 books and has 12 groups of shelves and has 8 shelves on each group how many books will be on each shelve ??
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assuming the books will be split equally among shelving, then
1678/(12X8)equals number of books on each shelf:
1678/96=17.48 books per shelf. Since you can't have a fractions of books, this is just an average; some shelves would have 17 books, some 18 books.!!!!!!