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Standard VI
Mathematics
Word Problems
The ratio of ...
Question
The ratio of story books in a library to other books is
1
:
7
. The total number of story books is
800
. Find the total number of books in the library.
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Solution
Given,
Number of storybooks
=
800
The ratio of storybooks in a library to other books
=
1
:
7
.
Let,
Number of storybooks
=
x
=
800
∴
number of other books
=
7
x
=
7
(
800
)
=
5600
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