Linda has borrowed 8 more books than Susan from the school library. Richard has borrowed half as many books as Linda has. If Richard has borrowed 17 books from the library, how many books has Susan borrowed?
Susan has borrowed 26 books from the school library.
This is determined by first understanding that Richard has borrowed half as many books as Linda. This means Linda has borrowed twice as many books as Richard, i.e., 34 books. We are also told that Linda has borrowed 8 more books than Susan, so subtracting 8 from Linda's total gives us the number of books Susan has borrowed.
This choice might result from a small calculation error when subtracting the 8 books that Linda has borrowed more than Susan. If Linda has 34 books and we subtract 8, the correct answer is 26, not 25.
This is the correct answer. Since Linda has borrowed 8 more books than Susan, and Linda has borrowed 34 books, we subtract 8 from 34 to find that Susan has borrowed 26 books.
This is the number of books Linda has borrowed, not Susan. As per the information given, Linda has borrowed 8 books more than Susan, which means Susan has borrowed less than 34 books.
This choice seems to result from a misunderstanding of the relationships between the numbers. There's no information in the question that would lead to this number.
The problem requires understanding the relationship between the number of books each person has borrowed. Since Richard has borrowed 17 books and Richard's number is half of Linda's, Linda has borrowed 34 books. Since Linda has borrowed 8 more books than Susan, subtracting 8 from Linda's total gives us the number of books Susan has borrowed, which is 26.
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