A public library has fiction and nonfiction books in the ratio three colon two. If the library has three hundred sixty fiction books, how many nonfiction books does it have?

seventy-two

one hundred twenty

one hundred eighty

two hundred forty

Question

A public library has fiction and nonfiction books in the ratio three colon two. If the library has three hundred sixty fiction books, how many nonfiction books does it have?

seventy-two

one hundred twenty

one hundred eighty

two hundred forty

anonymous · Answer

3 parts of fiction and 2 parts of non fiction

3x+2x=360

anonymous · Answer

similar to prev one

anonymous · Answer

fiction/ non fiction = 3/2 = 3x/2x 

3x=360, x = 120
non fiction = 2x = 240