There were 400 books in a book shop.
12 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
12 of the non-fiction books and
25 of the fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the book shop?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
12=
14Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
12 x
25=
15
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
15 -
14= 1 -
420 -
520=
2020 -
920=
1120Total number of books = 20 u
20 u = 400
1 u = 400 ÷ 20 = 20
Total number of non-English books
= 11 u
= 11 x 20
= 220
Answer(s): 220