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The library at school is organized by fiction and nonfiction books there are three nonfiction books for every 7 fiction books how many total books are there if the library has 240 non-fiction books

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The ratio would be 3:7

240 divided by 3 is 80

You need to multiply 7 by 80

7x80=560


560+240=800

There are 800 books in total

User Nijat Ahmadli
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The ratio given is 3:7 where nonfiction:fiction.

To find the new ratio, divide 3 from 240.

240 / 3 = 80

Now multiply 80 by 7.

80 x 7 = 560

The new ratio is 240:560

If there are 240 nonfiction books then there are 560 fiction books.

To find the total, add these together.

240 + 560 = 800

There are 800 total books

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