SOLUTION: if a bookshelf is 36 inches wide,how many books each measuring 1 1/2 inches wide can be used to fill the shelf?

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Question 503540: if a bookshelf is 36 inches wide,how many books each measuring 1 1/2 inches wide can be used to fill the shelf?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 1/2 = 1 + 1/2 = 2/2 + 1/2 = 3/2

So 1 1/2 = 3/2


Now divide 36 into 3/2 to get


(36)/(3/2) = (36/1)/(3/2) = (36/1)*(2/3) = (36*2)/(1*3) = 72/3 = 24


So you can fit 24 books.