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A bookcase Has two shelves.the top shelf has 10 more then 1/3 the number of books on the bottom shelf. There are 12 books on the bottom shelf.how many books are on the top shelf?

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The top shelf has 14 books.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Books on bottom shelf = y = 12

Let,

Number of books on top shelf = x

Books on top shelf = 10 more than 1/3 on bottom shelf.

According to given statement;

[tex]x=\frac{1}{3}y+10[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{1}{3}*12+10\\\\x=\frac{12}{3}+10\\\\x=4+10\\\\x=14[/tex]

Therefore,

The top shelf has 14 books.

Keywords: fractions, addition

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