Within a Given Population,22 Percent of the People Are Smokers,57

question 109

Multiple Choice

Within a given population,22 percent of the people are smokers,57 percent of the people are males,and 12 percent are males who smoke.If a person is chosen at random from the population,what is the probability that the selected person is either a male or a smoker?

• A)0.67
• B)0.79
• C)0.22
• D)0.43

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