SOLUTION: At a used-book sale, 103 books are adult books and 155 are children’s books. Of the adult books, 69 are nonfiction while 60 of the children’s books are nonfiction. If a book is sel

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Question 1120625: At a used-book sale, 103 books are adult books and 155 are children’s books. Of the adult books, 69 are nonfiction while 60 of the children’s books are nonfiction. If a book is selected at random, find the probability that it is not a children’s nonfiction book.

A. 0.7674
B. 0.6318
C 0.5000
D. 0.7326

Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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There is a (258-60)/258 chance.
198%2F258
99%2F129 Without a calculator, I can tell it is A..