Question

7.A bookshop has 5/8 books on literature and 3/8 on fiction.If there are 12,480 books in all, Find the number of books of each kind. PLEASE HELP ME

Answer 1

Answer:

total no. of books=12480

total books on literature =5/8*12480

7800

fiction=12480-7800=4680

or

total books on fiction=3/8x

3/8*12480=4680