Question

1/8 of tony's books are mytery books.he has 3 mystery books.how many books does tony have in all?

Answer 1

24 books does tony have in all

Explanation:

Let y be the books does tony have in all.

As per the statement:

1/8 of tony's books are mystery books.he has 3 mystery books

⇒
`(1)/(8) \cdot \text{  tony's books are mytery books}= 3`

⇒
`(1)/(8)x =3`

Multiply both sides by 8 we get;

`x = 3 \cdot 8`

Simplify:

`x = 24`

Therefore, 24 books does tony have in all

Answer 2

From the given situation above, it is given that the total number of books that Tony has, 1/8 of it are mystery books and he has 3 mystery books. To simply solve this we multiply 1/8 by 3 which gives us the result of 3/24. Therefore, the total number of books that Tony has is 24.