Selecting a Book At a used-book sale, 100 books are adult

Chapter 4, Problem 12E

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Problem 12E

Selecting a Book At a used-book sale, 100 books are adult books and 160 are children’s books. Of the adult books, 70 are nonfiction while 60 of the children’s books are nonfiction. If a book is selected at random, find the probability that it is

a. Fiction

b. Not a children’s nonfiction book

c. An adult book or a children’s nonfiction book

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QUESTION:

Problem 12E

Selecting a Book At a used-book sale, 100 books are adult books and 160 are children’s books. Of the adult books, 70 are nonfiction while 60 of the children’s books are nonfiction. If a book is selected at random, find the probability that it is

a. Fiction

b. Not a children’s nonfiction book

c. An adult book or a children’s nonfiction book

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Solution:

Step 1 of 4:

In a used- book sale, 100 books are adult books and 160 are children's books.

In the adult books, 70 are nonfiction, and 60 of the children’s books are nonfiction.

One book is randomly selected.

We have to find the following probabilities.

  1. Fiction.
  2. Not a children's nonfiction book.
  3. An adult book or a children's nonfiction book.

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