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The following pictograph shows different subject books which are kept in a school library.
| Subject | Number of books |
| Hindi | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| English | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Math | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Science | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| History | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Taking symbol of one book = 50 books, find:
How many History books are there in the library?
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Solution
There are 50 x 4 = 200 History books in the library.
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