On a Certain Day, a Cheese Packaging Facility Packaged 480

question 53

Multiple Choice

On a certain day, a cheese packaging facility packaged 480 units of mozzarella cheese. Some of these packages had major flaws, some had minor flaws, and some had both major and minor flaws. The following table presents the results.
$\begin{array} { c c c } \hline & \text { Minor Flaw } & \text { No Minor Flaw } \\\hline \text { Major Flaw } & 16 & 30 \\\text { No Major Flaw } & 60 & 374 \\\hline\end{array}$
Find the probability that randomly chosen cheese package has a flaw (major or minor) .

• A)0.779
• B)0.254
• C)0.188
• D)0.221

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