Question

In a library, 1/5 are maths books, 1/8 are science books, 1/12 are hindi books and the rest of EVS books. If the number of EVS books is 142,find the total number of books in the library​

Answer 1

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No: of Maths books = 1/5

No: of Hindi Books = 1/12

No: of Science books= 1/8

No: of E.V.S books = 142

Then:

Let, the total no: of books be x :

x = 1/5+1/12+1/8+142

x= (24+10+15+17040)

x=17,089

Hence, there were 17,089 books in the library..

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