There are 70 historical fiction books in the school library. Historical fiction books make up 110 of the library’s collection. The equation 110b = 70 can be used to find out how many books the library has. Solve the equation to find the total number of books in the library’s collection.
If you do that, the answer will be 7/11
b=7/11
To solve the equation 110b = 70, where b represents the number of books in the library's collection, we need to isolate the variable b.
First, divide both sides of the equation by 110 to get rid of the coefficient:
110b/110 = 70/110
Simplifying:
b = 0.636...
Since the expression for b is a decimal number, it doesn't make sense to have a fraction of a book. We can round the answer to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, the total number of books in the library's collection is approximately 1 book.
first, learn how to type fractions.
They gave you the equation, so just multiply both sides by 10.