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21-B Book Street Books sells about 1100 books each month. The circle graph displays the most popular book categories, by percentage, each month.
science fiction 38 %
Categories of Books Sold
children's fiction 13%
nonfiction 24%
sports 10%
romance 15 %
Step 1 of 5: Find the number of nonfiction books sold each month. Round your answer to the nearest integer.


Sagot :

well, we know they sell a total of about 1100 books monthly, and that nonfiction is 24% of that, what's 24% of 1100?

[tex]\begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{a\% of b}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{a}{100} \right)\cdot b \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{24\% of 1100}}{\left( \cfrac{24}{100} \right)1100}\implies 264[/tex]