Question

There are 42 books on a shelf.10 books are fiction,12 are non-fiction.What fraction of the books are non-fiction.
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Answer 1

Given:

Total number of books=42

Books on fiction=10

Books on non-fiction=12

Answer:

Fraction of non-fiction are

$\frac{Total~books~ on~non-fiction}{Total~books} \\\\\sf = \frac{12} {42}=\frac{2}{7}$

Hence,2/7 fraction of books are non-fiction.