There were 864 books in a bookstore.
23 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
13 of the fiction books and
12 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
=
23 x
13=
29Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 23
= 13Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
13 x
12=
16
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
16 -
29= 1 -
318 -
418=
1818 -
718=
1118Total number of books = 18 u
18 u = 864
1 u = 864 ÷ 18 = 48
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 11 u
= 11 x 48
= 528
Answer(s): 528
