Library received 69678 books. They sold 430 books. Now they have five times more than the original number of books. How many books did they have before?

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Benjamin Gakami asked Sep 25, 2023

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Library received 69678 books. They sold 430 books. Now they have five times more than the original number of books. How many books did they have before?

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13,849 books.

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The equation would be (69,678 - 430)/4 = 13,849

Yevgeniy Shunevych answered Sep 29, 2023

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