SOLUTION: 70% of women and 69% of men in a company are able to use a spreadsheet. If one man and one woman are chosen randomly from the company, what is the probability that only one of them

Question 527582: 70% of women and 69% of men in a company are able to use a spreadsheet. If one man and one woman are chosen randomly from the company, what is the probability that only one of them is able to use a spreadsheet?
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Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.7*.69=.483 prob that both can use it.
.3*.31=.093 prob that both can't use it.
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=====>.576 Prob that both can or both can't use it.
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1-.576=0.424 the probability that only one of them is able to use a spreadsheet.
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Ed
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