There were 812 books in a book shop.
37 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
34 of the non-fiction books and
14 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
=
37 x
34=
928Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 37
= 47Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
47 x
14=
17
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
17 -
928= 1 -
428 -
928=
2828 -
1328=
1528Total number of books = 28 u
28 u = 812
1 u = 812 ÷ 28 = 29
Total number of non-English books
= 15 u
= 15 x 29
= 435
Answer(s): 435