The table shows the number of books donated to a library each month. Suppose the growth continues exponentially. How many books were donated to the library in Month 8?

Round to the nearest whole number.

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Remember, you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sidesminus 36 from both sides4.5(8-x)=66-2.5(3x+24)distribute36-4.5x=66-7.5x-60add like terms36-4.5x=-7.5x+6add 7.5x to both sides36+3x=6minus 36 from both sides3x=-30divide both sides by 3x=-10

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