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In a bookshop, 40% of the books are in English. Out of the remaining books 60% are in Hindi. The…

English books are 40 percent, so 60 percent remain. Hindi is 60 percent of that remainder, leaving 40 percent of 60 percent, that is 24 percent of the total, for regional…

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In a bookshop, 40% of the books are in English. Out of the remaining books 60% are in Hindi. The remaining 3600 books are in other regional languages. Find the total number of books in the bookshop.

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English books are 40 percent, so 60 percent remain. Hindi is 60 percent of that remainder, leaving 40 percent of 60 percent, that is 24 percent of the total, for regional languages. So 0.24T=36000.24T = 3600 gives T=15000T = 15000.

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