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Which shows a correct plan to solve this problem? Jay was organizing his personal library. He has 12 mystery books, 6 nature books, and 2 biographies. He wants to put his mystery books into baskets. Each basket holds 4 books. How many baskets will Jay need for his mystery books? A. Jay doesn't need to know the number of nature books or biographies. He needs to divide the number of mystery books by 4. B. Jay doesn't need to know the number of books each basket holds. He needs to add the number of mystery, nature, and biography books together. C. Jay doesn't need to know the number of mystery books. He needs to add the number of nature and biography books and divide the sum by 4. D. Jay doesn't need to know the number of nature or biography books. He needs to multiply the number of mystery books by 4. Question Resources

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What are YOUR thoughts?  Have you tried eliminating the possible answers that could not be correct?
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I believe the answer is A.
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