Question

Think About the Process There are 5.000 books in the town's library. Of these, 4,800 are fiction. To find the percent of the books that are fiction, first set up the percent equation. Then find the percent.

Setup the percent equation.

A) 5,000 = m/4,800
B) 4,800 = m+5,000
C) 5,000= m 4,800
D) 4,800 = m*5,000

Answer 1

To calculate the percent of books that are fiction in the library, the percent equation is set up as 4,800 fiction books = (m / 100) × 5,000 total books. Solving this equation yields m = 96%, meaning 96% of the books are fiction.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the percent of the books that are fiction in the town's library, we can set up a percent equation that compares the number of fiction books to the total number of books. The general form of a percent equation is part = (percent / 100) × total. In this case, the 'part' is the number of fiction books, and the 'total' is the total number of books in the library.

To translate this information into our equation, we have:

4,800 fiction books = (m / 100) × 5,000 total books

Where 'm' represents the percent we are trying to find.

To solve for 'm', we divide both sides by 5,000 and then multiply by 100:

m = (4,800 / 5,000) × 100

Calculating this gives us:

m = (0.96) × 100

m = 96%

So, 96% of the books in the town's library are fiction.