There were 1290 books in a bookstore.
23 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
14 of the fiction books and
15 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the bookstore?
Fraction of books that were fiction English books
=
23 x
14=
16Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 23
= 13Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
13 x
15=
115
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
115 -
16= 1 -
230 -
530=
3030 -
730=
2330Total number of books = 30 u
30 u = 1290
1 u = 1290 ÷ 30 = 43
Total number of non-English books
= 23 u
= 23 x 43
= 989
Answer(s): 989
