There were 656 books in a bookstore.
14 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
14 of the fiction books and
23 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
14 x
14=
116Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 14
= 34Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
34 x
23=
12
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
12 -
116= 1 -
816 -
116=
1616 -
916=
716Total number of books = 16 u
16 u = 656
1 u = 656 ÷ 16 = 41
Total number of non-English books
= 7 u
= 7 x 41
= 287
Answer(s): 287