A Local Country Club Has a Membership of 600 and Operates

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Essay

A local country club has a membership of 600 and operates facilities that include an 18-hole championship golf course and 12 tennis courts. Before deciding whether to accept new members, the club president would like to know how many members regularly use each facility. A survey of the membership indicates that 60% regularly use the golf course, 44% regularly use the tennis courts, and 8% use both of these facilities regularly. Find the
probability that a randomly selected member uses the golf or tennis facilities regularly.

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Definitions:

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in other companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and subsequently adjusted for the investor's share of the investee's profit or loss.

Consolidated Worksheet

A tool used in the preparation of consolidated financial statements, enabling the combining of financial information from parent and subsidiary entities.

Adjustments

Modifications made to the accounting records or financial statements to correct errors or to account for transactions not reflected in the initial entries.