Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
3 pears, 9 apples
the ratio of pears to apples is 3:9 which reduces to 1:3
now if it wanted the ratio of apples to pears, it would be 9:3 which reduces to 3:1
*****pay close attention to the way it is worded
Answer: x < -3
Step-by-step explanation:
-3*x-4-(5)>0
166
I guess you just subtract the numbers
297-131=
Or there is something am I missing on here
Answer:
There are 1500 non fiction books and 500 fiction books currently in the store.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Total Number of books = 2000
Let the number of fiction books be 'x'.
Now given:
There are 3 times as many non-fiction books as fiction books.
Number of non fiction books = 
We need to find the number of non-fiction and fiction books.
Solution:
Now we know that;
Total Number of books is equal to sum of the number of non-fiction and fiction books.
framing in equation form we get;

Dividing both side by 4 we get;

Number of fiction books = 500
Number of non fiction books = 
Hence There are 1500 non fiction books and 500 fiction books currently in the store.