Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Review - Test - Page 317: 10b

Answer

$P(Peanut~Butter~Patties®/Tagalongs™~or~Peanut~Butter~Sandwich/Do-si-dos™)=0.24$

Work Step by Step

The events "Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs™" and "Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos™" are mutually exclusives (disjoint events). Using the Addition Rule for Disjoint Events (page 270): $P(Peanut~Butter~Patties®/Tagalongs™~or~Peanut~Butter~Sandwich/Do-si-dos™)=P(Peanut~Butter~Patties®/Tagalongs™)+P(Peanut~Butter~Sandwich/Do-si-dos™)=0.13+0.11=0.24$
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