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One -tenth of books are picture books 2/10 are story books and half are science fiction and remainings are encyclopaedia what fraction are encyclopaedia

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mhanifa

Answer:

  • 1/5 of books are encyclopedia

Step-by-step explanation:

Remaining fraction:

  • 1 - (1/10 + 2/10 + 5/10) =
  • 1 - 8/10 =
  • 2/10 =
  • 1/5

1/5 of books are encyclopedia

manissaha129

Answer:

Let the total fraction of books be 1, then;

[tex]1 - ( \frac{1}{10} + \frac{2}{10} + \frac{1}{2} ) \\ 1 - ( \frac{(1 + 2 + 5)}{10} ) \\ (1 - \frac{8}{10}) = \frac{(10 - 8)}{10} \\ \frac{2}{10} = \boxed{ \frac{1}{5} }[/tex]

Therefore, 1/5th of the books are encyclopaedia.

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