In the library at Lenape Elementary School, there are 3/8
as many fiction books as there are nonfiction books. There are 44 books in the school library. How many books are fiction books?

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There are 12 fiction books in the Lenape Elementary School library.

Given,

The total number of books in the school library is 44.

Let the number of non-fiction books be [tex]x[/tex].

So, the number of fiction books will be

[tex]\frac{3}{8} \times x[/tex].

How to calculate the number of fiction books?

According to the question,

[tex]x+\dfrac{3x}{8}=44[/tex]

[tex]\dfrac{8x+3x}{8}=44[/tex]

[tex]\dfrac{11x}{8} =44[/tex]

[tex]11x=44\times 8[/tex]

[tex]x=\dfrac{44\times8}{11}[/tex]

Or,

[tex]x=32[/tex]

So, the number of fiction books will be [tex]\frac{3\times32}{8} =12[/tex] books.

Hence there are 12 fiction books.

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