SOLUTION: 5. The Cost Less Clothing Store carries seconds in slacks. If you buy a pair of slacks in your waist size without trying them on, the probability that the waist will be too tight

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Question 373290: 5. The Cost Less Clothing Store carries seconds in slacks. If you buy a pair of slacks in your waist size without trying them on, the probability that the waist will be too tight is 0.30 and the probability that it will be too loose is 0.10. A) Are the events too tight or too loose mutually exclusive? Give support for your response. B) If you choose a pair of slacks at random in your regular waist size what is the probability that the waist will be too tight or too loose?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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A) they are mutually exclusive.
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B) .3+.1=.4 the probability that the waist will be too tight or too loose.
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Ed