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A bookshop has some fiction and non books. 2/5 of the books are fiction books. Of these, 1/5 are mystery stories. 1/3 of the non fiction books are mystery stories too. What fraction of all the books in the shop are mystery books?

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Answer: 20%

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Answer:

20%

Explanation:

Step 1: Start by changing the fraction to a decimal by diving the numerator by the denominator (1 divided by 5). That equals 0.2.

Step 2: Change the decimal to a percent by multiplying it by 100%, or moving the decimal two places. That gives you 20%.

Another way of thinking about it is multiplying the numerator by 100%, then dividing that by the denominator (100% divided by 5). This gives you 20%.

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