SOLUTION: In response to a questionnaire 57 people answered “yes” to a particular question. Of these, 8 persons were male. There were 61 people that answered "no" to the question, and 5 of t

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Question 1023450: In response to a questionnaire 57 people answered “yes” to a particular question. Of these, 8 persons were male. There were 61 people that answered "no" to the question, and 5 of these were male. If one person is selected randomly from the group, what is the probability that the person answered "yes" or was male?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(Yes OR male) = P(Yes) + P(male) = P(Yes AND male) = 57/118 + 13/118 - 8/118 = 62/118 = highlight%2831%2F59%29