There were 740 books in a bookstore.
12 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
25 of the fiction books and
12 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
=
12 x
25=
15Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
12=
14
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
14 -
15= 1 -
520 -
420=
2020 -
920=
1120Total number of books = 20 u
20 u = 740
1 u = 740 ÷ 20 = 37
Total number of non-English books
= 11 u
= 11 x 37
= 407
Answer(s): 407