Question

the ratio of fiction and non-fiction books in a library is 5 : 2. total books are 1421, how many more fiction books than non fiction books are in library, please explain in simple terms complicated answers are hard to understand ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The ratio of fiction books to non-fiction books is 5:2, which means that for every 5 fiction books in the library, there are 2 non-fiction books.

We know that the total number of books in the library is 1421. To figure out how many of those books are fiction, we need to divide the total by the sum of the parts in the ratio (5 + 2 = 7), and then multiply the result by the number of parts that represent fiction books (5).

So, the number of fiction books in the library is:

5/7 x 1421 = 1015

To find out how many non-fiction books there are, we can subtract the number of fiction books from the total:

1421 - 1015 = 406

Finally, to figure out how many more fiction books there are than non-fiction books, we can subtract the number of non-fiction books from the number of fiction books:

1015 - 406 = 609

Therefore, there are 609 more fiction books than non-fiction books in the library.