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How many books were given away?

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The local library decided to hand out some of its old books to its 1400 borrowers. To each of the female borrowers they gave 6 books and to each male borrower they gave 4 books. If only half of the females in town and three quarters of the males in town accepted the books how many books were given away?

posted Oct 21, 2014 by Nikita Sehgal

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