There were 300 books in a bookstore.
12 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
56 of the non-fiction books and
13 of the fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
56=
512Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
12 x
13=
16
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
16 -
512= 1 -
212 -
512=
1212 -
712=
512Total number of books = 12 u
12 u = 300
1 u = 300 ÷ 12 = 25
Total number of non-English books
= 5 u
= 5 x 25
= 125
Answer(s): 125