Question

If there are 500,000 books in a library, and 5% are local books, how many books are local books?

Answer 1

Answer:

25000

Step-by-step explanation:

you know how many books are in total and you have the percentage of how many books are local so you find 5% of 500,000 which gives you 25000

Answer 2

Answer:

$25000$

Step-by-step explanation:

$total \: books \: = 500000 \\ local \: books \: = 5\% = \frac{5}{100} \times 500000 \\ = 25000$