A survey is made in a neighborhood of 80 voters. 65 are democrats and 15 are republicans. of the democrats, 35 are women, while 5 of the republicans are women. if one subject from the group is randomly selected, find the probability the individual is a democrat or a republican.

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Allen Cohen

28 October, 21:10

A survey is made in a neighborhood of 80 voters. 65 are democrats and 15 are republicans. of the democrats, 35 are women, while 5 of the republicans are women. if one subject from the group is randomly selected, find the probability the individual is a democrat or a republican.

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Karissa Shields · Answer 1

Total voters=v=80

total no. of democrats=d=65

total no. of republicans=r=15

probability of democrats=p1=65/80=0.8125

probability of republicans=p2=15/80=0.1875

probability of a democrat or a republican=p1+p2=0.8125+0.1875=1