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      Question

      Ramesh has 120 story books of two genres тАУ fiction and

      non-fiction. If he buys 24 more fiction books, the ratio of fiction to non-fiction books becomes 7:5. Find the number of fiction books Ramesh initially had.
      A 60 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 72 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 66 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 64 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Let the number of fiction and non-fiction books after buying 24 more be '7x' and '5x' respectively. ┬аATQ: 7x + 5x = 120 + 24 12x = 144 x = 12 Number of fiction books after buying = 7x = 7 ├Ч 12 = 84 Number of fiction books initially = 84 тАУ 24 = 60

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