document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=31206>Question 31206</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In any classroom, there is a 92% chance that a randomly selected student will ask to go to the bathroom or go to the nurse. If the probability that he or she will ask to go to the bathroom is 80%, what is the probability that he or she will ask to go to the nurse? Assume independence. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P(A) U P(B)=P(A)+P(B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WE HAVE <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In any classroom, there is a 92% chance that a randomly selected student will ask to go to the bathroom or go to the nurse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FROM WHAT IS DESIGNATED BELOW THIS MEANS P(A) U P(B)=92%=0.92<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". If the probability that he or she will ask to go to the bathroom<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CALL IT EVENT A<BR>\n" );
document.write( " is 80%,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A)=80/100=0.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( " what is the probability that he or she will ask to go to the nurse?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CALL THIS EVENT B AND P(B)=?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assume independence.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " SO<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.92=0.8+P(B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(B)=0.12=12% </SPAN>\n" );
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