The public library has volunteers shelve books after they have been returned. When Lisa arrives to volunteer, there are 5 non-fiction books for every 9 fiction books. If there are 117 fiction books to shelve, then how many non-fiction books need to be shelved?

65 non-fiction books need to be shelved

Step-by-step explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

For each 5 non-fiction books, there are 9 fiction books. How many non-fiction books are there when there are 117 fiction books?

5 non-fiction - 9 fiction

x non-fiction - 117 fiction

65 non-fiction books need to be shelved

.632

step-by-step explanation:

6 * 1/10 = 3/5

3*0.01 = 0.03

3/5 + 0.03 = .63

2*0.002 = .002

.63 + 0.002 = .632

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