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)
The answer 0.12 represents the proportion of books in the school library that deal with both how-to books and 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)
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The answer 0.12 represents the portion of the books in the library that are how-to books on both carpentry and electronics.
The answer 0.12 represents the fraction of books in the school library that deal with both how-to books and electronics.
To interpret the answer 0.12 in the given equation, let's break down the information.
The equation states that the product of 0.3 and 0.4 is equal to 0.12.
In the context of the problem, 0.3 represents the fraction of books in the school library that are how-to books (or 30% of the books in the library).
And within those how-to books, 0.4 represents the fraction (or 40% of the how-to books) that specifically deal with electronics.
Therefore, when we multiply 0.3 by 0.4, we are finding the fraction of the overall library books that are both how-to books AND deal with electronics.
So, the answer 0.12 represents that 12% of the total books in the library are how-to books dealing with electronics.