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70% of the books on a bookshelf are English books. If there are 35 English books on the bookshelf, find the number of books on the bookshelf.
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70% of the books on a bookshelf are English books. If there are 35 English books on the bookshelf, find the number of books on the bookshelf.

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There would be 50 books

70% = 35
35 divided by 70 = 0.5
0.5 x 100 = 50
User Max Banaev
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I'm pretty sure it would be 50 books on the shelf

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