There were 1200 books in a book shop.
35 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
45 of the fiction books and
12 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the book shop?
Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
35 x
45=
1225Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 35
= 25Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
25 x
12=
15
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
15 -
1225= 1 -
525 -
1225=
2525 -
1725=
825Total number of books = 25 u
25 u = 1200
1 u = 1200 ÷ 25 = 48
Total number of non-English books
= 8 u
= 8 x 48
= 384
Answer(s): 384
