document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1081864>Question 1081864</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "55%<BR>\n" );
document.write( " of all adults in a certain community are obese and that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "36%<BR>\n" );
document.write( " suffer from diabetes. If <BR>\n" );
document.write( "14%<BR>\n" );
document.write( " of the adults in this community are both obese and suffering from diabetes, what is the probability that a randomly chosen adult in this community is obese or suffers from diabetes (or both)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #696090 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=696090\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> p(A or B)=p(A)+p(B)-p(A and B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=0.55+0.36-0.14=0.77.  The 0.14 is subtracted to deal with double counting. </SPAN>\n" );
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