There were 903 books in a bookstore.
17 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
23 of the fiction books and
56 of the non-fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
17 x
23=
221Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 17
= 67Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
67 x
56=
57
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
57 -
221= 1 -
1521 -
221=
2121 -
1721=
421Total number of books = 21 u
21 u = 903
1 u = 903 ÷ 21 = 43
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 4 u
= 4 x 43
= 172
Answer(s): 172