Question 104612
Mr. Bedell has 107 fiction books in his classrooom. Mr Bedell's fiction collection is 27 more than a third of his non-fiction collection. How many non-fiction books does Mr. Bedell have? 
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Let number of non-fiction books be "x".
Then # of fiction books is (1/3)x+27
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EQUATION:
(1/3)x+27 = 107
(1/3)x = 80
x = 240 (# of non-fiction books)
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Stan H.