There were 960 books in a bookstore.
12 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
34 of the fiction books and
13 of the non-fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
12 x
34=
38Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
12 x
13=
16
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
16 -
38= 1 -
424 -
924=
2424 -
1324=
1124Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 960
1 u = 960 ÷ 24 = 40
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 11 u
= 11 x 40
= 440
Answer(s): 440