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One sixth of Jason’s books are comic books. Jason has 4 comic books. How many books does Jason have in all?

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Determine the ratio of comic books to whole books
comic : whole = 1 : 6

There is 1 comic book in 6 books. There are 4 comic books in x books.
Determine the value of x by comparison.
whole/comic = whole/comic
x/4 = 6/1
x/4 = 6
x = 6 × 4
x = 24

Jason has 24 books
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