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Nancy has eight books. Three of them are nonfiction. Write a portion of Nancy’s book that are non-fiction decimal form.

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\begin{gathered} \text{Let:} \\ N=\text{Total books} \\ nF=\text{nonfiction books} \\ P=\text{Portion of Nancy's book that are non-fiction} \\ P=(nF)/(N)=(3)/(8)=0.375 \end{gathered}

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