SOLUTION: assume one subject is chosen at random from the smoking survey below. Determine the probability of selecting a woman or a non-smoker. express this probability as a fraction.

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Question 852101: assume one subject is chosen at random from the smoking survey below. Determine the probability of selecting a woman or a non-smoker. express this probability as a fraction.
men women total
smoker 32 41 73
non-smoker 18 9 27
total 50 50 100

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Hi,
assume one subject is chosen at random from the smoking survey below.
men women total
smoker 32 41 73
non-sm 18 9 27
total 50 50 100
P(woman 0r Non-smoker) = 1%2F2+%2B+27%2F100+-+9%2F100+=+68%2F100+=+17%2F25+