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 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 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 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 books in the library that are how-to books

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The answer 0.12 represents the portion of the books in the library that are how-to books on electronics. This is calculated by taking the 0.3 portion of how-to books in the library and multiplying it by the 0.4 portion of how-to books that deal with electronics, resulting in 0.3 × 0.4 = 0.12.