Answer:
There are 160 books in this section of the library
Step-by-step explanation:
to solve this problem you need to set up a ratio.
since there are 7 times Malay books the number of Tamil books, you can say that
x = # of Tamil books
7x = # of Malay books
next, you know that there are 56 Malay books so you can substitute.
7x = 56
x = 56/7
x = 8
x = # of Tamil books
8 = # of Tamil books
now you know that there are 56 Malay books and 8 Tamil books. Chinese books make up 6/10 of the library so the other languages must add up to 4/10 of the books.
56 + 8 = 4/10 of the total books
64 = 4/10 of total books
if you call the total books T you can make this equation:
64 = 4/10T
64 * 10/4 = T
160 = T
