Question

The non-fiction section of the Montgomery County Library has 17 racks. If each rack holds 528 books, what is the total collection of non-fiction books in the library? Use 'd' to represent the number of books in the total collection in the library. Write a equation.

Answer 1

Given,

The number of racks are 17.

the number of books can be placed in each rack is 528 books.

Consider, the total number of books are d.

The total books are,

$\begin{gathered} d=17\times528 \\ d=8976 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the total number of books are, d=8976.