How-to books make up 0.3 of the books in the school library. Of these, 0.2 deal with carpentry and 0.4 deal with electronics.

0.3×0.4=0.12

Interpret what the answer 0.12 represents in this equation above.

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the portion of books in the library that are how-to books on carpentry
the portion of books in the library that are how-to books on carpentry

the portion of the books in the library that are how-to books on electronics
the portion of the books in the library that are how-to books on electronics

the portion of the how-to books that are about either carpentry or electronics
the portion of the how-to books that are about either carpentry or electronics

the portion of books in the library that are how-to books

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The answer 0.12 represents the portion of books in the library that are how-to books on carpentry.

This is calculated by taking the portion of books that are how-to books (0.3) and the portion of those that deal with carpentry (0.4), resulting in 0.3 × 0.4 = 0.12.