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A used book store will trade 2 of its books for 3 of yours. If Val brings in 18 books to trade, how many books can she get from the store?
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A used book store will trade 2 of its books for 3 of yours. If Val brings in 18 books to trade, how many books can she get from the store?

User Nayan Dhabarde
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She will get 12 books from the store



User A Sz
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you need to set it up as a fraction and make the fractions equal each other.
2/3 (2 of their books for 3 of yours)
x/18 (x amount of their books for 18 of yours)
(2/3)=(x/18)
multiply both sides by 18
and you get
36/3 which reduces to 12

so your answer is 12
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