Fraction word probelm

Question

May had 84 books 3/4 of them are fiction books.2/3 of the fiction books are science fiction books are on science fiction. How many science fiction Books are there? 

Answer 1

Disregarding the stuttering mention of science fiction books (we know they're on science fiction), you want to know

three fourths of 84 = # fiction books, and then two thirds of that quantity. 

 

(3/4)(84)(2/3) = ___________