SOLUTION: Using the following table fiction (f) Nonfiction (n) Hardcover (H) 87 31 Paperback (P) 69 54 Find P(hardcover) when a book

Question 1038889: Using the following table

fiction (f) Nonfiction (n)
Hardcover (H) 87 31
Paperback (P) 69 54
Find P(hardcover) when a book is randomly selected. (round to 3 decimal places if necessary)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are hardcover books, paperbacks, and
So the probability of a hardcover book is,

You can work out the decimal equivalent.
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