There were 576 books in a book shop.
12 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
34 of the non-fiction books and
23 of the fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the book shop?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
34=
38Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
12 x
23=
13
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
13 -
38= 1 -
824 -
924=
2424 -
1724=
724Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 576
1 u = 576 ÷ 24 = 24
Total number of non-English books
= 7 u
= 7 x 24
= 168
Answer(s): 168
