A bookshelf has 96 books. 64 of the books are fiction and the rest are non-fiction. (a) What fraction of the books are fiction?

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Give your answer in its simplest form. (b) What fraction of the books are non-fiction?

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choli [55] · Answer 1 · 2023-07-03T14:03:35+03:00

(a) The fraction of books that are fiction is 2/3.

(b) The fraction of books that are non-fiction is 1/3.

To find the fraction of fiction and non-fiction books on a bookshelf:

Given: A bookshelf has 96 books. 64 of the books are fiction and the rest are non-fiction books. (a)Fraction of fiction books =?

(b)Fraction of non-fiction books =?

Now,

As given, we have,

The total number of books on a bookshelf = 96

Out of 96, the total number of fiction books = 64

So,

The remaining number of books = non-fiction books = 96-64 = 32

(a) Fraction of fiction books = fiction books/total books

= 64/96

On simplification,

= 2/3

(b) Fraction of non-fiction books = non-fiction books/total books

= 32/96

= 1/3

Therefore, the fraction of fiction and non-fiction books is 2/3 and 1/3 respectively.

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