Question

Barney's Book Store currently has 2000 books in stock. There are 3 times as many non-fiction books as fiction books. Determine the number of non-fiction and fiction books currently in the store.

Answer 1

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 = $3x$

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;

$x+3x=2000\\\\4x=2000$

Dividing both side by 4 we get;

$\frac{4x}{4}=\frac{2000}{4}\\\\x= 500\ books$

Number of fiction books = 500

Number of non fiction books = $3x=3\times 500 =1500$

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