Question

The library at school is organized by fiction and non-fiction books. There are 3 non-fiction books for every 7 fiction books. How many total books are there if the library has 240 non-fiction books?

Answer 1

Answer:

Total = 800 books

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that,

In a library, there are 3 non-fiction books for every 7 fiction books. It means that the ratio of non-fiction books to the fiction books is 3:7.

There if the library has 240 non-fiction books.

Let non fiction books are 3x and fiction books are 7x.

ATQ,

3x=240

x=80

Fiction books = 7x = 7(80) = 560

Total no of books = fiction books + non-fiction books

= 240 + 560

=800

Hence, the total no of books are 800.