document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1164443>Question 1164443</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> According to a survey of 2000 home owners, 800 of them own homes with three bedrooms, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600 of them own homes with four bedrooms. If one home owner is selected at random from these 2000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "home owners, find the probability that this home owner owns a house that has three or four bedrooms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain why this probability is not equal to 1.0 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #788845 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52788)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=788845\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First step is to read the problem attentively.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second and the third steps are\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a)  &nbsp;&nbsp;to recall the definition of probability,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b)  &nbsp;&nbsp;to turn on your mind.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem is of the complexity level 2 x 2 = 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good for a kindergarten level.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good luck and happy solving (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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