There were 1032 books in a book shop.
34 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
12 of the fiction books and
23 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
=
34 x
12=
38Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 34
= 14Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
14 x
23=
16
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
16 -
38= 1 -
424 -
924=
2424 -
1324=
1124Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 1032
1 u = 1032 ÷ 24 = 43
Total number of non-English books
= 11 u
= 11 x 43
= 473
Answer(s): 473