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To win the annual read-a-thon at his school, Scott has to read more books than any of his classmates over winter break. He starts by reading a lot of sports books. Then, he reads 10 mystery books. In all, Scott reads 23 books for the read-a-thon.

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Answer:

13 sports books and 10 unknown books is 23 books

Explanation:

we already know scott read 23 books total, we also know that he read 10 mystery books.

subtracting 10 unknown books from 23 total books, we get 13 sports books as your answer

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