The accompanying table shows the numbers of male and female students in a certain region who received bachelor's degrees in a certain field in a recent year. A student is selected at random. Find the probability of each event listed in parts (a) through (c) below.
(a) The student is male or received a degree in the field
The probability is
(Type an integer or a decimal. Round to three decimal places as needed.)
Degrees in Field | Degrees Outside of Field | Total
Males | 186,095 | 623,438 | 809,533
Females | 174,299 | 859,249 | 1,033,548
Total | 360,394 | 1,482,687 | 1,843,081