How to books make up 0.3 of the books in the school library. Of these how to do books 0.2 deals with carpentry and 0.4 deal with electronics. Interpret what the answer 0.12 represent in this equation above 0.3 * 0.4 = 0.12
In the given equation, 0.3 represents the proportion of how-to books in the school library. Out of all the how-to books, 0.4 (or 40%) deals with electronics.
When calculating the product of 0.3 and 0.4, we get 0.12.
Therefore, the answer 0.12 represents the proportion (or percentage) of how-to books related to electronics out of all the books in the school library.
In the given equation, 0.3 represents the proportion of "how to" books in the school library.
0.4 represents the proportion of "how to" books that deal with electronics among all "how to" books.
When we multiply these two proportions (0.3 * 0.4), we get 0.12.
Therefore, the answer 0.12 represents the proportion of "how to" books in the school library that deal with electronics.