Answer:
Non fiction : Total number of books
= 14 : 42
= 1:3
Step-by-step explanation:
Total number of books = 42 books
Non fiction books = 14 books
The ratio of the number of non-fiction books to the total number of books is :
Further simplified
A. True
One of the ways to check this is solving each side of the equation.
(5+4)+10=5+(4+10)
Remember PEMDAS.
Parenthesis first.
(9)+10=5+(14)
Now, you can drop the parenthesis and add the numbers together.
9+10=19
5+14=19
19=19
This is a true statement.
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