Respuesta :
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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