If matt has 1/3 the number of books that Minnie does. If they had one less book, between them they would have 27 books. how many books do they each have?? show at least three ways of solving this problem Solution Let Minnie have x books. Matt has x/3 books. x + x/3 - 1 = 27 So, 4x/3 = 28 x = 21 Minnie has 21 books and Matt has 7 bboks..