1.To improve employee morale, an organization lets its employees pick among thre
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1.To improve employee morale, an organization lets its employees pick among three prizes: a boat, a car, and a vacation (all worth about the same). Each employee chose a prize and the resulting distribution is given below.
Prize Frequency
Boat 20
Car 40
Vacation 20
1A. If one employee was chosen at random, what is the probability that the employee chose the boat? Put your answer in decimal form.
1B. If one employee was chosen at random, what is the probability that the employee chose the boat or the car? Put your answer in decimal form.
Explanation / Answer
Frequency distribution is:
Prize Frequency
Boat 20
Car 40
Vacasion 20
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Total 80
1A, P(boat) = 20/80 = 0.25
1B. P(boat or car) = P(boat) + P(car) = 20/80 + 40/80 = 0.25 + 0.0.5 = 0.75
So, Answers to questions asked:
1A. 0.25
1B. 0.75
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