SOLUTION: Suppose that 38% of all adults in a certain community are obese and that 37% suffer from diabetes. If 30% of the adults in this community are both obese and suffering from diabetes

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Question 1201737: Suppose that 38% of all adults in a certain community are obese and that 37% suffer from diabetes. If 30% 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)?
Write your answer as a decimal (not as a percentage).


Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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This probability is  0.38 + 0.37 - 0.30 = 0.45.    ANSWER


Use the standard formula for the probability of the union of two events.

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