document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1165872>Question 1165872</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The city finds empirically that the probability that an automobile going through the intersection of 5th and Main will run a red light sometime during a given day is 8.9%, and the probability that an automobile going through the intersection of 7th and Polk will run a red light sometime during a given day is 11.7%. Suppose a car is picked at random at 5th and Main on a given day and another at random at 7th and Polk. Write each probability as a percentage rounded to one decimal place.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the probability that neither car runs a red light?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The city finds empirically that the probability that an automobile going through the intersection <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of 5th and Main will run a red light sometime during a given day is 8.9%, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the probability that an automobile going through the intersection of 7th and Polk <BR>\n" );
document.write( "will run a red light sometime during a given day is 11.7%. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Suppose a car is picked at random at 5th and Main on a given day and another at random at 7th and Polk. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write each probability as a percentage rounded to one decimal place.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the probability that neither car runs a red light?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    P = (1-0.089)*(1-0.117) = 0.804413.    <U>ANSWER</U>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formula is SELF-EXPLANATORY.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the meaning of the formula is unclear to you at first sight, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "then look in it and hear attentively: it will tell you everything and will explain itself.\r<BR>\n" );
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