SOLUTION: A department store manager has decided that dress code is necessary for team coherence. Team members are required to wear either blue shirts or red shirts. There are 9 men and 7 wo

Question 1056175: A department store manager has decided that dress code is necessary for team coherence. Team members are required to wear either blue shirts or red shirts. There are 9 men and 7 women in the team. On a particular day, 5 men wore blue shirts and 4 other wore red shirts, whereas 4 women wore blue shirts and 3 others wore red shirt. Apply the Addition Rule

My question below
How do I determine the probability of finding men or blue shirts in the team?

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi  

	B	R	T

MEN	5	4	9

WOMEN	4	3	7

T	9	7	16

P(M 0R B) = 9/16 + 9/16 - 5/16 = 13/16

  

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