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A local bookstore finds that each day approximately 20% of their sales are nonfiction books if they sell 425 books one day how many of those books are nonfiction?
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A local bookstore finds that each day approximately 20% of their sales are nonfiction books if they sell 425 books one day how many of those books are nonfiction?

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Steps:
1. Do a proportion
X/425= 20/100
2. Do 425 times 20 which equals 8,500
3. Do 8,500 divided by 100 which equals 85
4. Your answer is: 85
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