SOLUTION: In a school library, 52% of the books are paperback. If there are 2,658 books in the library, how many of them are
not paperback to the nearest whole number?
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Question 1023015: In a school library, 52% of the books are paperback. If there are 2,658 books in the library, how many of them are
not paperback to the nearest whole number?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
If 52% are paperback
then 100% - 52% = 48% are not.
48% of 2,658
48/100 x 2,658
= 1275 books are not paperbacks.
Hope this helps :-)
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