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Elsa bought 8 books. Elsa bought 2 times as many books as Deon. Let b be the number of books that Deon bought.

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Elsa bought 8 books. Elsa bought 2 times as many books as Deon. Let b be the number of books that Deon bought.

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  1. We know that Elsa bought 8 books.
  2. We also know that Elsa bought 2 times as many books as Deon.
  3. Let b b be the number of books that Deon bought.

Since Elsa bought 2 times as many books as Deon, we can write the equation: 2b=8 2b = 8

  1. To find the value of b b , we need to solve the equation for b b .

Divide both sides of the equation by 2: b=82 b = \frac{8}{2}

  1. Simplify the right side: b=4 b = 4

So, Deon bought 4 books.

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