SOLUTION: An insurance agent offers a health plan to the employees of a large company. As part of this plan, the individual employees may choose exactly two of the supplementary coverages

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Question 1063632: An insurance agent offers a health plan to the employees of a large
company. As part of this plan, the individual employees may choose
exactly two of the supplementary coverages A, B, and C, or they may
choose no supplementary coverage. The proportions of the company’s
employees that choose coverages A, B, and C are 1/4, 1/3, and 5/12,
respectively. Determine the probability that a randomly chosen
employee will choose no supplementary coverage.
Please explain. Thankyou so much. Salamat kayo.

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An insurance agent offers a health plan to the employees of a large
company. As part of this plan, the individual employees may choose
exactly two of the supplementary coverages A, B, and C, or they may
choose no supplementary coverage. The proportions of the company’s
employees that choose coverages A, B, and C are 1/4, 1/3, and 5/12,
respectively. Determine the probability that a randomly chosen
employee will choose no supplementary coverage.
Please explain. Thankyou so much. Salamat kayo.
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Notice that = 1.

Therefore, the probability that a randomly chosen
employee will choose no supplementary coverage is 0 (zero).

It is because simply there is no such an employee in the company.

It is so elementary !


You need to have 3 skills to answer the question:

1. To read and understand the text.

2. To quickly sum up fractions.

3. To know basic conceptions of probability.


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