The Following Table Gives the Numbers of AIDS Deaths in a Single

question 54

Multiple Choice

The following table gives the numbers of AIDS deaths in a single year for people over age 13 in various categories. Use the table to find the probability, rounded to four decimal places, that a person who died of AIDS in this year was male or black (non-Hispanic) . ​ ​

• A)Pr(male∪black) = 0.4486
• B)Pr(male∪black) = 0.5983
• C)Pr(male∪black) = 0.7894
• D)Pr(male∪black) = 0.6946
• E)Pr(male∪black) = 0.6325

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