A carton has 12 mathematics books and some English books. One book is drawn at random the probability that the book drawn is a Mathematics book is 3/5.Find the number of English books in the carton.
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Answer:
2/5 = 8 english books in cartoon.
Step-by-step explanation:
mathematics books in the cartoon is 3/5 ( 3/5 = 12. (12 ÷3 = 4 ) so, 2/5 is english books in the cartoon
2/5= (4×2= 8)
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Answer:
8
Step-by-step explanation:
probability = math books / math books + English books
3/5 = 12/12+x
cross multiply,
6O = 36 + 3x
3x = 6O - 36
x = 24/3
=> x = 8
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