In the library at Lenape Elementary School, there are 2 5 as many fiction books as there are nonfiction books. There are 56 books in the school library. How many books are fiction books?

There are 16 fiction books in the library.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Let x be the number of fiction books and y be the number of non fiction books.

Total number of books = 56

Thus, we can write the equation:

There are as many fiction books as there are nonfiction books.

Thus, we can write the equation:

Solving the two equations by substitution, we get,

Thus, there are 40 non fiction books.

Number of fiction books =

Thus, there are 16 fiction books in the library.

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