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3 years ago

Suppose that of 1400 students, 550 take Spanish, 700 take biology, and 400 take both

Mathematics

1 answer:

jok3333 [9.3K]3 years ago

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Answer:

17/28

Explanation:

1. Call A the event of selecting a student who takes Spanish and P(A) the corresponding probability:

P(A) = number of students who take Spanish / number of students

P(A) = 550 / 1400 = 11/28

2. Call B the event of selecting a student who takes biology and P(B) the corresponding probability:

P(B) = number of students who take biology / number of students

P(B) = 700 / 1,400 = 1/2

3. The joint probability, P(A∩B), is the probability that a student takes Spanish and biology:

P(A∩B) = number of students that take both Spanish and biology / number of students

P(A∩B) = 400/1400 = 2/7

4. By the properties of probabilities, the probability of the event A or B is:

P (A or B) = P (A∪B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A∩B)

P(A or B) = 11/28 + 1/2 - 2/7 = (11 + 14 - 8) / 28 = 17/28

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