document.write( "Question 889847: On a survey question, 69 people answered \"yes\" to the question, 12 were male. On the same survey question, 62 people answered \"no\" to the question, 9 were male. If one person were selected at random, what is the probability that the person answered \"yes\" or was male? Your answer should be a decimal. Round to 3 decimal places. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There were a total of 131 responses to the question. 69 of those responses were \"Yes\". When looking for the probability that the answer was \"Yes\" or the respondent was a male, you can ignore the fact that 12 of the \"Yes\" answers were from men. We know that any of the 69 people who answered \"Yes\" AND the 9 men who answered \"No\" qualify as \"Answered Yes or was male\". This gives a total of 78 outcomes that would be considered successful under the given criteria. The probability is then 78 divided by 131. You can do your own arithmetic.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "By the way, you can look at this situation another way, although you will arrive at the same result. Consider the women who answered \"Yes\" (69 - 12 = 57), the 12 men who answered \"Yes\" and the 9 men who answered \"No\". 57 plus 12 plus 9 is still 78.\r
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