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A school library has 2,345 fiction books and 3,789 nonfiction books.

How many more books are in the library altogether than the 5,632 books in the town library?

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To find out how many more books are in the school library than in the town library, we first need to calculate the total number of books in the school library.

  1. Calculate the total number of books in the school library: \[ \text{Total books in school library} = \text{Fiction books} + \text{Nonfiction books} \] \[ = 2,345 + 3,789 = 6,134 \]

  2. Find out how many more books are in the school library than in the town library: \[ \text{Difference} = \text{Total books in school library} - \text{Total books in town library} \] \[ = 6,134 - 5,632 = 502 \]

Thus, there are 502 more books in the school library than in the town library.