There were 1350 books in a book shop.
15 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
12 of the fiction books and
16 of the non-fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the book shop?
Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
15 x
12=
110Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 15
= 45Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
45 x
16=
215
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
215 -
110= 1 -
430 -
330=
3030 -
730=
2330Total number of books = 30 u
30 u = 1350
1 u = 1350 ÷ 30 = 45
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 23 u
= 23 x 45
= 1035
Answer(s): 1035