SOLUTION: An advertising company know that the probability that a given person will see the advertisement on TV in 25% and the probility that a given person will see the advertisement on new
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Question 1041104: An advertising company know that the probability that a given person will see the advertisement on TV in 25% and the probility that a given person will see the advertisement on newspapers is 30%. What is the probability that a given person will see the advertisement on TV or newspaper or both?
(Assume independence)
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is P(TV)+P(N)+P(B). These aren't mutually exclusive.
P(both), assuming independence, is the joint probability, or .25*.30=0.075
That is added to the other two probabilities to get 0.30+0.25+0.075=0.625.
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