Use the Following Table to Answer the Question

question 18

Multiple Choice

Use the following table to answer the question. A random sample of college students was asked to respond to a survey about how they spend their free time on weekends. One question, summarized in the table below, asked each respondent to choose the one activity that they are most likely to participate in on a Saturday morning. The activity choices were homework, housework, outside employment, recreation, or other.

-If one student is randomly chosen from the group, what is the probability that the student is female or chose "homework" as their most likely activity on a Saturday morning?

• A)0.755
• B)0.900
• C)0.665
• D)None of these

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Definitions:

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