There are 5 comma 000 books in the​ town's library. Of​ these, 4 comma 400 are fiction. To find the percent of the books that are​ fiction, first set up the percent equation. Then find the percent.

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Answer:

Percentage of fiction books = 80%

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of books in the town's library = 5,000

Total number of fiction books in the library = 4,000

To find the percent of fiction books, we will set up the equation as following.

⇒ [tex]\frac{\textrm{Number of fiction books}}{\textrm{Total number of books}}\times 100[/tex]

Substituting the known values and evaluating to find percentage.

⇒ [tex]\frac{4000}{5000}\times 100[/tex]

⇒ [tex]\frac{400}{5}[/tex]     [simplifying]

⇒ [tex]80\%[/tex]

Percentage of fiction books = 80%