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Chloe bought 5 sets of books. She donated 9 of her books to her school. She has 26 books left. How many books were in each set? please help

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Answer:

7 books in each set.

Explanation:

If you add the nine books that she donated (9) to the number of books that are left over (26) you would have 35. And since their are 5 sets you would divide 35 by 5 and get 7.

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