SOLUTION: A mathematics class is composed of 35 men and 45 women. There are 20 business majors, 30 biology majors, 10 computer science majors and 20 mathematics majors. No person has a dou

Question 342373: A mathematics class is composed of 35 men and 45 women. There are 20 business majors, 30 biology majors, 10 computer science majors and 20 mathematics majors. No person has a double major. If a single student is chosen from the class, what is the probability that the student is a computer science or mathematics major?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
80 people
(10+20)/80
=3/8 the probability that the student is a computer science or mathematics major.
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Ed
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