There were 880 books in a bookstore.
34 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
35 of the non-fiction books and
45 of the fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
34 x
35=
920Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 34
= 14Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
14 x
45=
15
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
15 -
920= 1 -
420 -
920=
2020 -
1320=
720Total number of books = 20 u
20 u = 880
1 u = 880 ÷ 20 = 44
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 7 u
= 7 x 44
= 308
Answer(s): 308
