Question 352212: A fund raising committee is to be selected from a group of 30 members, including 20 college graduates (15 of whom are women)and 10 people who did not graduate from college (4 of whom are women).
If a chairperson is randomly selected, find the probability of getting man or a college graduate.
In order to get the correct answer do I do this? 20/30 + 11/30
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 20 COLLEGE GRADUATES ( MEN - 15 , WOMEN - 5)
10 NOT GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE ( MEN- 6 ,WOMEN - 4)
TOTAL NO. OF WAYS TO SELECT 1 PERSON FROM TOTAL 30 = 30C1 = 30
NO. OF WAYS TO SELECT 1 MAN FROM TOTAL 21 MEN = 21C1 = 21
PROBABILITY OF GETTING MAN = 21/30
NOW,
NO. OF WAYS TO SELECT 1 COLLEGE GRADUATE FROM 20 = 20C1 = 20
PROBABILITY OF GETTING COLLEGE GRADUATE = 20/30
TOTAL NO. OF MEN THOSE ARE GRADUATE = 15
NO. OF WAYS TO SELECT 1 GRADUATE MEN FROM 15 = 15C1 = 15
PROBABILITY OF GETTING GRADUATE MEN = 15/30
USING, P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) -P(A Π B) ( i.e A intersection B)
REQUIRED PROBABILITY = PROB. OF MAN + PROB. OF GRADUATE - PROB. OF GRADUATE MEN
= 21/30 + 20/30 - 15/30
= 26/30
= 13/15
ANS : 13/15
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