There were 1161 books in a book shop.
59 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
13 of the fiction books and
12 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
=
59 x
13=
527Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 59
= 49Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
49 x
12=
29
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
29 -
527= 1 -
627 -
527=
2727 -
1127=
1627Total number of books = 27 u
27 u = 1161
1 u = 1161 ÷ 27 = 43
Total number of non-English books
= 16 u
= 16 x 43
= 688
Answer(s): 688
