document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1063632>Question 1063632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An insurance agent offers a health plan to the employees of a large<BR>\n" );
document.write( "company. As part of this plan, the individual employees may choose<BR>\n" );
document.write( "exactly two of the supplementary coverages A, B, and C, or they may<BR>\n" );
document.write( "choose no supplementary coverage. The proportions of the company’s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "employees that choose coverages A, B, and C are 1/4, 1/3, and 5/12,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "respectively. Determine the probability that a randomly chosen<BR>\n" );
document.write( "employee will choose no supplementary coverage.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain. Thankyou so much. Salamat kayo. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "An insurance agent offers a health plan to the employees of a large<BR>\n" );
document.write( "company. As part of this plan, the individual employees may choose<BR>\n" );
document.write( "exactly two of the supplementary coverages A, B, and C, or they may<BR>\n" );
document.write( "choose no supplementary coverage. The proportions of the company’s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "employees that choose coverages A, B, and C are 1/4, 1/3, and 5/12,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "respectively. Determine the probability that a randomly chosen<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain. Thankyou so much. Salamat kayo.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4+%2B+1%2F3+%2B+5%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4+%2B+1%2F3+%2B+5%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the probability that a randomly chosen<BR>\n" );
document.write( "employee will choose no supplementary coverage is 0 (zero).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is because simply there is no such an employee in the company.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is so elementary !\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You need to have 3 skills to answer the question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. To read and understand the text.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. To quickly sum up fractions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. To know basic conceptions of probability.\r<BR>\n" );
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