There are 16 books on a shelf. Four sixteenths of the books are about animals. Two and adventure. The rest are mystery. How many are mystery books?

Respuesta :

Answer:

10 mystery books

Step-by-step explanation:

Animals:

Multiply the total number of books by the fraction of animal books

4/16*16

4 animal books

Adventure:

2 adventure books

Mystery:

Subtract the number of adventure and animal books from the total number of books

16-4-2

10

10 mystery books

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