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gtnhenbr [62]
3 years ago
9

There are 100 books in the library. There are non-fiction and fiction books. Write the fraction of the books that are fiction.

Mathematics
1 answer:
galina1969 [7]3 years ago
6 0
The complete question in the attached figure

Let
x--------------------- > <span>non-fiction books.------------------ > x=60
y--------------------- > f</span><span>iction books.
we know that 
x+y=100
y=100-x=100-60=40
the </span>fiction books. are y=40

if 100%----------------------- > 100 books
  X---------------------------- > 40
X=40*100/100=40%

40%-------------- > 40/100=20/50=2/5

the answer is
<span>the fraction of the books that are fiction is (2/5)</span>

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