There were 1290 books in a book shop.
15 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
56 of the fiction books and
14 of the non-fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the book shop?
Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
15 x
56=
16Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 15
= 45Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
45 x
14=
15
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
15 -
16= 1 -
630 -
530=
3030 -
1130=
1930Total number of books = 30 u
30 u = 1290
1 u = 1290 ÷ 30 = 43
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 19 u
= 19 x 43
= 817
Answer(s): 817
