Question

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
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 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 how-to books that are about either carpentry or electronics

Answer 1

Sara discarded 110
1
10
of the apples she picked as defective. Of the apples remaining, 300 were made into cider. The rest were sold as fresh fruit. What fraction of the total apples picked were sold as fresh fruit?(1 point)
Responses

310
3
10
Start Fraction 3 over 10 End Fraction

35
3
5
Start Fraction 3 over 5 End Fraction

not enough information
not enough information

45

Answer 2

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

Here's the reasoning: 0.3 represents the fraction of all books in the library that are how-to books, and 0.4 represents the fraction of those how-to books that deal with electronics. Therefore, when you multiply them (0.3 × 0.4 = 0.12), you find that 0.12 of all the books in the library are how-to books specifically focused on electronics.

Answer 3

To determine the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to follow these steps:

1. **Identify the total apples picked**: Let's denote the total number of apples picked as \( x \).

2. **Calculate the defective apples**: Sara discarded \( \frac{110}{10} = 11 \) apples as defective.

3. **Calculate the remaining apples**: After discarding the defective apples:
\[
\text{Remaining apples} = x - 11
\]

4. **Calculate the apples made into cider**: According to the problem, 300 apples were used to make cider.

5. **Calculate the apples sold as fresh fruit**: The remaining apples after cider production are:
\[
\text{Fresh fruit sold} = (x - 11) - 300
\]
which simplifies to:
\[
\text{Fresh fruit sold} = x - 311
\]

6. **Determine the fraction sold as fresh fruit**: The fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit can be expressed as:
\[
\text{Fraction} = \frac{\text{Fresh fruit sold}}{\text{Total apples picked}} = \frac{x - 311}{x}
\]

Now, we need a specific answer based on possible options given. Since we don't have the actual value of \( x \) (the total number of apples picked), we are unable to compute a specific fraction.

Thus, based on the provided options, the correct response would be **not enough information**.