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document.write( "For Faculty Appreciation Day, the Faculty Club Lunch Room asked each faculty member to leave a business card in a container. At the end of lunch a card would be drawn, and that faculty member would be given free lunches for a week. Eighty-eight faculty left a card, including 5 mathematics faculty, 11 history faculty, and 2 chemistry faculty. Find the probability of the following. (to three decimal places.)
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document.write( "(a) The card drawn was for a mathematics faculty member.
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document.write( "(b) The card drawn was for a chemistry faculty member.
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document.write( "(c) The card drawn was for a history faculty member.
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document.write( "(d) The card drawn was for a mathematics or chemistry faculty member. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #324146 by sudhanshu_kmr(1152)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "(a) The card drawn was for a mathematics faculty member. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "probability = 5/88\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(b) The card drawn was for a chemistry faculty member.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "probability = 2/88\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(c) The card drawn was for a history faculty member.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "probability = 11/88 = 1/8\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(d) The card drawn was for a mathematics or chemistry faculty member.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "probability = 7/88 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |