A Company Set Up a Kiosk in the Mall of America

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Short Answer

A company set up a kiosk in the Mall of America for several hours and asked randomly selected people which color cell phone cover was their favorite. The results follow: What is the probability that black or orange are the favorite colors?

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Definitions:

Environmental Demands

The pressures or requirements imposed by the surrounding environment on individuals, organisms, or systems.

Cell Phone

is a portable telephone device that uses a network of radio frequencies to make and receive calls and access data services, capable of operating over a wide area without a physical connection to a network.

Filter Theories

Theories that propose mechanisms for how our brains selectively focus on important sensory information while ignoring irrelevant data.