To find: The least possible number of books in Verna’s original collection.
Answer to Problem 23P
The least possible number of books are
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Verna sold to Fred
Verna sold to Joan
So the number of books sold to Fred is
And the number of books sold to Joan is
So the inequality equation of the given condition that is, Varna sold more books to Fred than Joan, is given as:
Solve the inequality
So with
So the least positive integer that can taken more than
Therefore, the least possible number of books are
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