There were 580 books in a library.
14 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
15 of the fiction books and
23 of the non-fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the library?
Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
14 x
15=
120Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 14
= 34Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
34 x
23=
12
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
12 -
120= 1 -
1020 -
120=
2020 -
1120=
920Total number of books = 20 u
20 u = 580
1 u = 580 ÷ 20 = 29
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 9 u
= 9 x 29
= 261
Answer(s): 261
