Question

The books have been sorted into fiction and nonfiction. The number of fiction books is 5 less than 4 times the number of nonfiction books. The books are 70% fiction. Choose the equation that best represents this scenario.
x over quantity 4 times x minus 5 end quantity equals 30 over 100
x over quantity 4 times x minus 5 end quantity equals 30 over 70

Answer 1

The number of fiction books are 7 and number of non fiction books are 3 respectively

let

number of fiction books = x

number of non fiction books = y

x = 4y - 5

Total books = z

x = 70% of z

y = 30% of z

x + y = z

4y - 5 + 30%(z) = z

4y - 5 + 0.3z = z

4y - 5 = z - 0.3z

4y - 5 = 0.7x

4y - 5 = 0.7z

4(0.3z) - 5 = 0.7z

1.2z - 5 = 0.7z

-5 = 0.7z - 1.2z

-5 = - 0.5z

z = -5/-0.5

z = 10

Therefore,

the number of non fiction = 30% of z

= 0.3 × 10

= 3

number of fiction = 70% of z

= 0.7 × 10

= 7

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