There were 456 books in a bookstore.
12 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
12 of the fiction books and
13 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
12=
14Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
13=
16
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
16 -
14= 1 -
212 -
312=
1212 -
512=
712Total number of books = 12 u
12 u = 456
1 u = 456 ÷ 12 = 38
Total number of non-English books
= 7 u
= 7 x 38
= 266
Answer(s): 266