document.write( "Question 360791: Please help me with my probability homework! It has been sent back to me twice and my book is no help.
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document.write( "5) In Summerville scientists have noticed that there is 24% chance of sun on any day, a 17% chance of snow, a 15% chance of rain, and 21% of fog. What is the probability that tomorrow in Summerville will either be sunny, foggy or rainy?
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document.write( "I have submitted:
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document.write( "Sunny= 24% or 6/25
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document.write( "P(Sunny)= 0.24
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document.write( "Foggy= 21% or 21/100
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document.write( "P(Foggy)= 0.21
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document.write( "Rain= 15% or 3/20
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document.write( "P(rain)= 0.15
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document.write( "S+F+R= 60% or 3/5
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document.write( "P(Sunny + Foggy + Rain)= P(0.24+0.21+0.15)= 0.60
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document.write( "There is a three in five chance it will either be sunny, foggy, or rainy in Summerville tomorrow. That is a sixty percent chance for the above conditions.
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