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Question from Jason, a parent:

Mark has 312 books in his bookcases he has 11 times as many fiction books as nonfiction books how many fiction books does mark have? 26 212 286 301

Hi Jason,

If Mark has 11 times as many fiction books as nonfiction books then he has 12 times as many books as fiction books.

books

How many fiction books does he have?

Penny

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