Question

A bookcase has 3 shelves with a total of 24 books. The top shelf has 8 mystery books. The middle shelf has 10 math books. The bottom shelf has 6 science books. Two books are now taken off each shelf. What fraction of the books remaining on the three shelves are math books? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Answer 1

4/9

Explanation:

Answer 2

4/9

Explanation:

So, the ratio of the books is 8:10:6. After 2 books were taken off of each shelf, it became 6:8:4. All of these numbers added up is 18. So that means 8/18 of the books are math books, which can be simplified to 4/9.