Question

The ratio of the number of fiction books to the number of reference books in library is 9:5. what fraction of the books are reference books?

Answer 1

so if there are 5 referecne books and 9 ficiton books that measn there are 14 total books. so your fracion would be, 5/14

Answer 2

5/14

Step-by-step explanation:

Fiction and reference books constitute a whole, this means that the total of books (and therefore de denominator) is the sum of them 9 + 5 = 14

And then 9 and 5 become the numerators for each fraction.

Considering this the fictional book are 9/14 of the whole and the reference books are 5/14 of the whole.

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