There were 1120 books in a library.
37 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
34 of the fiction books and
12 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the library?
Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
37 x
34=
928Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 37
= 47Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
47 x
12=
27
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
27 -
928= 1 -
828 -
928=
2828 -
1728=
1128Total number of books = 28 u
28 u = 1120
1 u = 1120 ÷ 28 = 40
Total number of non-English books
= 11 u
= 11 x 40
= 440
Answer(s): 440
