Question

the library has 200 books in the fiction section 300 in the reference section 250 biographies and 250 nonfiction. if selected randomly what is the probability of selecting a nonfiction book as a percent .A. 250%B. 75%C. 25%D. 13%

Answer 1

to determine the probability of getting a non-fiction book we need to find the coefficient between the number of non-fiction books and the total number of books. The total number of books is:

`\begin{gathered} N_B=200+300+250+250 \\ N_B=1000 \end{gathered}`

Now we find the probability:

`P=(250)/(1000)=0.25`

The probability as a percentage is 25%