60% of the books in a library are for adults, 5% are for young people and the rest are for children. If there are 280 books for children, how many books are there altogether?

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KJ Saxena · Answer 1 · 2024-12-07T02:06:47+0000

Answer:

800 books

problem solving steps：

adults:60%

young people:5%

children=100%-60%-5%

=35%

35%=280 books

1%=280÷35

=8

100%=800

so,there are 800 books