Question

there are three times as many novels as comic books in a book told if there are 2480 books altogether how many comic books are there in the book store​

Answer 1

Answer:

620

Step-by-step explanation:

Let comic books be ' X '

Let Novels be ' 3x '

Now, finding the value of X

According to Question,

3x + x = 24803x+x=2480

Collect like terms

4x = 24804x=2480

Divide both sides of the equation by 4

\frac{4x}{4} = \frac{2480}{4}

4

4x

=

4

2480

Calculate

x = 620x=620

Thus, There are 620 comic books in the book store.

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Answer 2

Answer:

620 comic books

Step-by-step explanation:

Let no. of novels be K

According to ques,

no. of novels=3 x no. of comics

=3×K=3K

Total no. of books=3K+K=4K

As given,

4K=2480

K=2480÷4

=620

So, there are 620 comic books