Question

The ratio of stroybooks in a library to refrence books is 1 : 5. The total number of the story books is 500. find the total number of books in the library

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Number of storybooks =500

The ratio of storybooks in a library to other books =1:5

Let,

Number of storybooks =x  

∴ number of other books =5x   =5(500)  =2500

∴  total number of books in the library = 2500+500 = 3000