In school, there are 800 students and 80 faculty members. 500 students and 50faculty members are males. If a person is selected at random, then find theprobability that the selected person is a faculty member or a female.

Respuesta :

For non-mutually exclusive events, the probability can be calculated using the formula

[tex]P(A\text{ or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A }\cap B)[/tex]

Let's take

A = Faculty Member

B = Female

The probability of A will be

[tex]P(A)=\frac{80}{880}[/tex]

The probability of B will be

[tex]P(B)=\frac{330}{880}[/tex]

The probability of (A n B), that is, the number of faculty members that are females, will be

[tex]P(A\cap B)=\frac{30}{880}[/tex]

Therefore, the probability will be calculated as

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(\text{A or B) }=\text{ }\frac{80}{880}+\frac{330}{880}-\frac{30}{880} \\ =\frac{380}{880} \\ =0.432 \end{gathered}[/tex]

The probability is 0.43.