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Milan has 4 shelves full of books. Each shelf has 9 books.

If 2 of her friends borrow 3 books each, what fractions of
books does she still have left on her shelves?

User Bing Ren
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Explanation:

She has 4 bookshelves and each one has 9 which makes

4x9 = 36

If she has two friends and they both take 3

2x3=6

how many books left?

36-6=30

which is

30/36 simplified is 5/6. Hope this helped you! :)

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