Question

There are 5 comma 000 books in the​ town's library. Of​ these, 4 comma 400 are fiction. To find the percent of the books that are​ fiction, first set up the percent equation. Then find the percent.

Answer 1

Percentage of fiction books = 80%

Explanation:

Total number of books in the town's library = 5,000

Total number of fiction books in the library = 4,000

To find the percent of fiction books, we will set up the equation as following.

⇒
`\frac{\textrm{Number of fiction books}}{\textrm{Total number of books}}* 100`

Substituting the known values and evaluating to find percentage.

⇒
`(4000)/(5000)* 100`

⇒
`(400)/(5)` [simplifying]

⇒
`80\%`

Percentage of fiction books = 80%