Bryan took a look at his books as well. If he has 34 books distributed equally in 2 bookshelves how many books are there in each bookshelf?
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There are 34 books in total. 
There are 2 bookshelves. 
Each bookshelf has the same number of books. 

So if we divide 34 by 2, we get 17. That means that there are 17 books in each bookshelf.