Use the General Addition Rule
-Consider the Data in the Table

question 74

Multiple Choice

Use the General Addition Rule
-Consider the data in the table shown which represents the marital status of males and females 18 years or older in the United States in 2003. Determine the probability that a randomly selected U.S. resident 18 years or older is divorced or a male Round to the nearest hundredth. $\begin{array}{|l|c|l|l|}\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { Males } \\\text { (in millions) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Females } \\\text { (in millions) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Total } \\\text { (in millions) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Never married } & 28.6 & 23.3 & 51.9 \\\hline \text { Married } & 62.1 & 62.8 & 124.9 \\\hline \text { Widowed } & 2.7 & 11.3 & 14.0 \\\hline \text { Divorced } & 9.0 & 12.7 & 21.7 \\\hline \text { Total (in millions) } & 102.4 & 110.1 & 212.5 \\\hline\end{array}$

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population reports

• A) \(0.54\)
• B) \(0.58\)
• C) \(0.50\)
• D) \(0.04\)

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