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Out of the total number of books in Pran's bookshelf, 2/7 of the books are magazines and 1/8 of the REMAINING books are autobiographies. What fraction of the books in the bookshelf are autobiographies?​

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= 1 - 2/7

= 7/7 - 2/7

= 5/7

1/8 of 5/7

= 1/8 x 5/7

= 1x5/8x7

= 5/56

the answer is 5/56.

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