There were 432 books in a bookstore.
16 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
13 of the non-fiction books and
23 of the fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
16 x
13=
118Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 16
= 56Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
56 x
23=
59
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
59 -
118= 1 -
1018 -
118=
1818 -
1118=
718Total number of books = 18 u
18 u = 432
1 u = 432 ÷ 18 = 24
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 7 u
= 7 x 24
= 168
Answer(s): 168