There were 1316 books in a book shop.
57 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
34 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
=
57 x
34=
1528Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 57
= 27Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
27 x
14=
114
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
114 -
1528= 1 -
228 -
1528=
2828 -
1728=
1128Total number of books = 28 u
28 u = 1316
1 u = 1316 ÷ 28 = 47
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 11 u
= 11 x 47
= 517
Answer(s): 517
