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In a library 136 copies of a certain book require a shelf-length of 3.4 metre. How many copies of the same book would occupy a shelf length of 5.1 metres?

Let the number of copies be














Self – length (m)



3.4



5.1



No of copies



136






On cross multiplication, we get




Therefore number of copies is 204


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