Question

Hey bookshop is three times as many magazines as books there are 2244 magazines what equation can you use to find how many books there are

Answer 1

3 m = 2244 : m = number of books in bookshop

Above equation can be used to find the number of books in the bookshop.

Explanation:

Let us assume, the number of books in the bookshop = m

So, the number of magazines = 3 x (number of books)

= 3 x (m) = 3 m

Also, total number of magazines in the bookshop = 2244

⇒ 3 m = 2244

Hence, the above equation can be used to find the number of books in the bookshop.

Now, 3 m = 2244 ⇒ m = 2244/ 3 = 748

or, the number of books in the bookshop = 748.