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The school library has 286 books. If the school librarian buys 12 books eachmonth for five months, how many books will the library have in all?

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\begin{gathered} \text{Initial numbers of books: 286 } \\ \text{Total number of books bought over a period of 5 months: 12 }*\text{ 5 = 60} \\ \text{Total Number of Books in the Library is: 286 + 60 = }346 \end{gathered}

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