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if the ratio of nonfiction to fiction books on a bookshelf is 2 to 3. If the total number of books is 30, how many of them were nonfiction

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Answer: 20


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Answer: 20

Step-by-step explanation: imagine the books in 10's cuz 30/3=10 and 2 of those tens out of the group of three are nonfiction, so that makes 20 out of 30

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