Question

At a college, 72% of courses have final exams and 46% of courses require research papers. Suppose that 31% of courses have a research paper and a final exam. Find the probability that a course has a final exam or a research paper.

Answer 1

Answer:

0.25

Step-by-step explanation:

72% of courses have final exams and 46% of courses require research papers which means probability of 0.72 for courses that have final exams and 0.46 for courses that require research papers.

31% of courses have a research paper and a final exam, which means probability of 0.31 for both courses with exams and research papers, using Venn diagram approach, find picture attached to the solution.

P(R or E) = P(R) + P(E) - P(R and E), which gives:

P(R or E) = 0.15 + 0.41 - 0.31

P(R or E) = 0.25.