document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200546>Question 1200546</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The probabilities are 0.90, 0.80 that a family randomly chosen as part of a sample survey in a large city owns a flat screen television or a computer. what is the probability that a family in this area own one or the other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The wording of the problem could be improved.  \"... own one or the other\" could mean ONLY one of the two; or it could mean one or the other or both.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will assume the meaning is the latter.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The opposite (complement) of \"owning one or the other\" is NOT owning either one -- that is, NOT owning a flat screen TV AND NOT owning a computer.  The probability of that happening is (1-0.90)(1-0.80) = (0.10)(0.20) = 0.02; so the probability that they own one or the other is 1-0.02 = 0.98.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 0.98<br><BR>\n" );
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