The books in a private library are classified as fiction and nonfiction. there are 400 books in the library. there are 40 more fiction books than nonfiction books. audrey randomly picks a book. a few minutes later, ryan randomly picks one of the remaining books. what is the probability that both pick nonfiction books?

 Second option is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of fiction book be 'x'.

Let the number of non fiction book be 'y'.

Total number of books = 400

So, equation would be

Since there are 40 more fiction books than non fiction books.

So, equation would be

From Eq(1) and Eq(2), we have

And we will find the value of y:

As we have given that Ryan randomly picks one book without replacing it he picks the another book.

Probability that both pick non fiction books would be

Hence, Second option is correct.

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