There were 864 books in a bookstore.
12 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books.
56 of the fiction books and
34 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
=
12 x
56=
512Fraction of books that were non-fiction books
= 1 - 12
= 12Fraction of books that were non-fiction Chinese books
=
12 x
34=
38
Fraction of books that were non-Chinese books
= 1 -
38 -
512= 1 -
924 -
1024=
2424 -
1924=
524Total number of books = 24 u
24 u = 864
1 u = 864 ÷ 24 = 36
Total number of non-Chinese books
= 5 u
= 5 x 36
= 180
Answer(s): 180