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peytonradford33:

Kathryn organized her books into 4 shelves. the top shelf hold 5 books, the second shelf holds 7, and the 2 bottom shelves hold the same number of books. kathryn has a total of 24 books. how many books does each bottom shelf hold?

Mercury:

start with 24 books total subtract the top shelf books (5) subtract the second shelf books (7) then, since the last two shelves have an equal number of books, divide the result by 2

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