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A box contains fiction and nonfiction books. There are 22 fiction books in the box, which is 55% of the total number of books in the box. What is the total number of books in the box?

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Answer: 40 books

Explanation:

First divide 22/55 then multiply the product by 100.

22/55= 0.4

0.4*100=40

Hope this helps u Emilee :)

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Answer:

So it's either 12.1

Explanation:

So you must multiply them to get the answer cause it tells how much fiction books are in there, and It 55% of the total so to find the total you must multiply them.

But if you have a percent you have to make that into a decimal. So 55% will be 55/100 so that's .55, so all you have to do now is multiply them.

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