Question

There are 4, 000 books in the towns library. Of these, 2, 600 are fiction. Write a percent equation that you can use to find the percent of the books that are fiction. Then solve your equation.

Answer 1

Answer:

15%  of the books are fiction  

Step-by-step explanation:

We can divide every thing by 100 so it is easier

40----------100%

6--------------x

Cross multiplication

40x = 6*100

40x=600

Divide by 40

x=600/40

x=15