CC - Beauty and the Beast
Belle has arrived at the Beast's castle and is amazed by the giant library. The Beast wants to help her organize the books, so they spend the weekend sorting them into different genres.[br][list][*][b][math]\frac{3}{8}[/math]of the total books[/b] are Romance novels.[br][/*][*][b][math]\frac{1}{4}[/math] of the total books[/b] are Adventure stories.[br][/*][*]The remaining [b]1.500 books[/b] are History and Science volumes.[br][/*][/list][b]Answer the following questions:[/b]
1. What fraction of the library represents the History and Science volumes? Then, calculate the [b]total number of books[/b] in the Beast's library.
2. To keep the library cozy, Belle wants to buy new bookmarks. If bookmarks are sold in packs of 5 for $2.50, how much money will she spend to buy exactly one bookmark for every [b]Adventure story[/b]?
3. Lumiere tells Belle that it takes exactly 45 minutes to dust 120 books. At this same rate, how many [b]hours[/b] will it take Lumiere and Cogsworth to dust all the [b]Romance novels[/b] together?