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A bookshelf has an equal number of books in the following genres: history, biography, novel and anthology. One-half of each genre on the bookshelf is red, one-third of each genre on the bookshelf is blue, and one-sixth of each genre on the bookshelf is brown. If a book is randomly chosen from the shelf, what is the difference between the probability that the book is not a red history book and the probability that it is a blue or brown novel?

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­Hello Bunuel, I thought the probability of the book is either Blue or Brown supposed to be 1/2?
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A bookshelf has an equal number of books in the following genres: history, biography, novel and anthology. One-half of each genre on the bookshelf is red, one-third of each genre on the bookshelf is blue, and one-sixth of each genre on the bookshelf is brown. If a book is randomly chosen from the shelf, what is the difference between the probability that the book is not a red history book and the probability that it is a blue or brown novel?

(A) -3/4
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(C) 1/8
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­Hello Bunuel, I thought the probability of the book is either Blue or Brown supposed to be 1/2?
Does this question really mean the Blue or Brown History book only?
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Check the highlighted part above. 
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­Ah, such weakness of mine... Thanks for an immediate reply by the way
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