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On a Saturday the library checkout 52 books. If 24 of the books were fiction, what is the ratio of nonfiction books to fiction books checked out

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Just subtract 52 by 24 which will get you to 28, so your ratio is 28:24
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52 - 24 = 28

24 : 28 (fiction: nonfiction)

simplify

6 : 7

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