Consider the table given below and answer the following questions given below.…

Concept: In a data-interpretation table, the number of books a publisher actually distributes is found by applying that publisher's own "Percentage of Books Distributed" to its own "Number of Books Published" — Books Distributed = Published × (Percentage Distributed ÷ 100). When a question asks for a combined total across two publishers, each publisher's distributed count is worked out separately using only its own row, and the two results are then added.

Application: Reading publisher C's and publisher E's rows from the table:

1. Publisher C: Number of Books Published = 29700; Percentage of Books Distributed = 92%. Books distributed by C = 92% of 29700 = 27324.

2. Publisher E: Number of Books Published = 33800; Percentage of Books Distributed = 78%. Books distributed by E = 78% of 33800 = 26364.

3. Combined total for C and E = 27324 + 26364 = 53688.

Cross-check: Working each figure the other way confirms it — for C, 8% of 29700 (the undistributed share) is 2376, so 29700 − 2376 = 27324; for E, 22% of 33800 is 7436, so 33800 − 7436 = 26364. Both match, and their sum is 53688.

Result: The total number of books distributed by publishers C and E is 53688.