Question

There are 18 women and 20 men in a room. Of the women, 10 are older than 35 years old. Of the men, 9 are older than 35 years old. A person
is randomly selected from the room. What is the probably that the person selected will be a woman or a person older than 35 years old?
Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the situation.

Answer 1

Answer: 50%

Step 1 add 18+20 = 38

Step 2 add 10+9= 19

Step 3 divide 19 by 38 = 2

So if would be half which is equal to 50%