Question

Miggie is organizing fiction and non-fiction books for the library’s used book sale. The number of fiction books is 13 less than three times the number of non-fiction books. Miggie had 62 fiction books. How many non-fiction books were there?

Answer 1

Non-fiction books: 25 books

Explanation:

Fiction books = y

Non-fiction books = x

3x - 13 = 62

3x = 62 + 13

x = 75/3

x = 25