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cole puts 68 books in a bookcase.he puts an equal number of books on each of 9 shelves and 5 books on the last shelf. how many books are on each of the 9 shelves?

User Yoshiko
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7 because i divde
and got 7

User Nikhil Vidhani
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9x + 5 = 68
9x = 63
x = 7
Cole put seven books on each shelf.
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