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PLEASE HELP!!!! On a Saturday, a library checked out 117 books. If 36 of the books were fiction, what is the ratio of non-fiction books to fiction books checked out?

PLEASE HELP!!!! On a Saturday, a library checked out 117 books. If 36 of the books were fiction, what is the ratio of non-fiction books to fiction books checked out?
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PLEASE HELP!!!!

On a Saturday, a library checked out 117 books. If 36 of the books were fiction, what is the ratio
of non-fiction books to fiction books checked out?

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User Stefano Dalpiaz
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Answer:

4/9

Solution:

117-36 = 81
So out of the 117 books checked out, 36 of them were fiction and 81 were non-fiction, 36/81 simplified to lowest terms is 4/9
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User Scharfmn
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36:81

117 - 36 = 81
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