Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 315: 3

Answer

$P(F)=0.4$

Work Step by Step

The events "green" and "orange" are disjoint (mutually exclusive). $N(S)=5$ $N(green)=1$ $N(orange)=1$ Using the Addition Rule for Disjoint Events (page 270): $P(F)=P(green~or~orange)=P(green)+P(orange)=\frac{N(green)}{N(S)}+\frac{N(orange)}{N(S)}=\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{5}=\frac{2}{5}=0.4$
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