There were 816 books in a bookstore.
56 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
15 of the fiction books and
34 of the non-fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
56 x
15=
16Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 56
= 16Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
16 x
34=
18
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
18 -
16= 1 -
324 -
424=
2424 -
724=
1724Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 816
1 u = 816 ÷ 24 = 34
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 17 u
= 17 x 34
= 578
Answer(s): 578