SOLUTION: suppose 54% of a towns population have brown eyes, 51% have black hair, and 37% have both brown eyes and black hair. what is the probability that a randomly selected individual in

SOLUTION: suppose 54% of a towns population have brown eyes, 51% have black hair, and 37% have both brown eyes and black hair. what is the probability that a randomly selected individual in

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Question 1090437: suppose 54% of a towns population have brown eyes, 51% have black hair, and 37% have both brown eyes and black hair. what is the probability that a randomly selected individual in the town will have brown eyes or black hair.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P (eyes OR hair)=P(eyes)+P(hair)-P(Both)=0.54+0.51-0.37=0.68
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