There were 1176 books in a book shop.
12 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
16 of the non-fiction books and
14 of the fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the book shop?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
16=
112Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
12 x
14=
18
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
18 -
112= 1 -
324 -
224=
2424 -
524=
1924Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 1176
1 u = 1176 ÷ 24 = 49
Total number of non-English books
= 19 u
= 19 x 49
= 931
Answer(s): 931