SOLUTION: Out of 5200 household surveyed, 2107 had a dog , 807 had a cat, and 303 had both a dog or a cat. What is the probability that a randomly selected household has a dog or a cat.
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Question 1061426: Out of 5200 household surveyed, 2107 had a dog , 807 had a cat, and 303 had both a dog or a cat. What is the probability that a randomly selected household has a dog or a cat.
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2107 have a dog and 807 have a cat, for a total of 2914. 303 have both, so 2914-303=2611 out of 5200 households have either a dog or a cat--or both. This works out to a probability of .5010. ☺☺☺☺
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