There were 1200 books in a library.
34 of the books were non-fiction books and the rest were fiction books.
56 of the non-fiction books and
23 of the fiction books were in Chinese. How many non-Chinese books were there in the library?
Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
34 x
56=
58Fraction of books that were fiction books
= 1 - 34
= 14Fraction of books that were fiction Chinese books
=
14 x
23=
16
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
16 -
58= 1 -
424 -
1524=
2424 -
1924=
524Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 1200
1 u = 1200 ÷ 24 = 50
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 5 u
= 5 x 50
= 250
Answer(s): 250