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Nicholas has a collection of books. He has 115 fantasy and science fiction books. These books are 46% of his collection. How many books does he have in his collection? Restate and answer the question.

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Nicholas has 250 books in his collection
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Given that Nicholas has a 115 fantasy and science fiction books which is 46% of his collection.

Now we have to find what is total number of books in his collection.

Let number of books in Nicholas collection = x

then number of fantasy and science fiction books = 46% of x = 0.46x


We already know that he has 115 fantasy and science fiction books, so both values will be equal and give equation:

0.46x=115

now we can solve this equation to find the answer.


x=(115)/(0.46)

x= 250

Hence final answer is:

Nicholas has 250 books in his collection.

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