There were 315 books in a bookstore.
12 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
25 of the fiction books and
23 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
=
12 x
25=
15Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were non-fiction English books
=
12 x
23=
13
Fraction of books that were non-English books
= 1 -
13 -
15= 1 -
515 -
315=
1515 -
815=
715Total number of books = 15 u
15 u = 315
1 u = 315 ÷ 15 = 21
Total number of non-English books
= 7 u
= 7 x 21
= 147
Answer(s): 147
