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Susan has 50% more books than Michael. Michael has 40 books. If Michael buys 8 more books, will Susan have more or less books than Michael? Use any method to solve the problem

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Final answer:

To find out if Susan or Michael has more books, we can calculate the number of books each of them has and compare. If Michael buys 8 more books, Susan will still have more books than him.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to find out how many books Susan has. We know that Susan has 50% more books than Michael, who has 40 books. To find out how many books Susan has, we can multiply Michael's number of books by 1.5, since 50% is equivalent to 1.5 times. So, Susan has 40 x 1.5 = 60 books.

If Michael buys 8 more books, he will have a total of 40 + 8 = 48 books. Since Susan has 60 books, she will still have more books than Michael even after he buys 8 more. Therefore, Susan will have more books than Michael.

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Answer:

Susan has more books than Michael.

Step-by-step explanation:

If Susan has 50% more books and Michael has 40 books, that means Susan has 1.5 times 40 = 60

40 + 8 = 48

60 is more than 48, so Susan has more books than Michael

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