A Small Town Has 5000 Adult Males and 7000 Adult

question 44

Multiple Choice

A small town has 5000 adult males and 7000 adult females. A sociologist conducted a survey and found that 40% of the males and 30% of the females drink heavily. An adult is selected at random from the town. What is the probability, rounded to four decimal places, that the person is male M or drinks heavily DH? ​

• A)Pr(M∪DH) = 0.5833
• B)Pr(M∪DH) = 0.6500
• C)Pr(M∪DH) = 0.5917
• D)Pr(M∪DH) = 0.7583
• E)Pr(M∪DH) = 0.7500

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