Solve the problem. The table lists the drinking habits of a group of college students. If a student is chosen at random, find the probability of getting someone who is a woman or a heavy drinker. Round your answer to three decimal places. Sex | Non-drinker | Regular Drinker | Heavy Drinker | Total Man | 135 | 69 | 5 | 209 Woman | 187 | 21 | 13 | 221 Total | 322 | 90 | 18 | 430
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Let H be the event that a randomly selected student is a heavy drinker. We want to find $P(W \cup H)$. From the table, we have: Number of women = 221 Number of heavy drinkers = 18 Number of women who are heavy drinkers = 13 Total number of students = 430 Show more…
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The table lists the drinking habits of a group of college students. If a student is chosen at random, find the probability of getting someone who is a woman or a heavy drinker. Round your answer to three decimal places. Start 4 By 5 Table 1st Row: 1st Column - Sex, 2nd Column - Non-drinker, 3rd Column - Regular Drinker, 4th Column - Heavy Drinker, 5th Column - Total 2nd Row: 1st Column - Man, 2nd Column - 135, 3rd Column - 41, 4th Column - 5, 5th Column - 181 3rd Row: 1st Column - Woman, 2nd Column - 187, 3rd Column - 21, 4th Column - 11, 5th Column - 219 4th Row: 1st Column - Total, 2nd Column - 322, 3rd Column - 62, 4th Column - 16, 5th Column - 400 Sex Non-drinker Regular Drinker Heavy Drinker Total Man 135 41 5 181 Woman 187 21 11 219 Total 322 62 16 400
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The table lists the drinking habits of a group of college students. If a student is chosen at random, find the probability of getting someone who is a woman or a heavy drinker. Round your answer to three decimal places. Sex Non-drinker Regular Drinker Heavy Drinker Total Man 135 32 5 172 Woman 187 21 9 217 Total 322 53 14 389 A. 0.105 B. 0.923 C. 0.571 D. 0.864
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