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

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

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The answer 0.12 represents the portion of books in the library that are how-to books on electronics. This is calculated by taking 0.3 (the portion of all books that are how-to books) and multiplying it by 0.4 (the portion of how-to books that deal with electronics), resulting in 0.12 as the proportion of the total books in the library that are specifically about electronics.

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.

(1 point)
Responses

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

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 on carpentry

The answer 0.12 represents the portion of the books in the library that are how-to books on electronics. This is calculated by multiplying the total portion of how-to books (0.3) by the portion of those how-to books that deal with electronics (0.4), resulting in 0.12 of the total books in the library being specifically about electronics.