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The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled in nursing at a...

The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled in nursing at a university for a certain semester. A student is selected at random. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (d).

Nursing majors   

​Non-nursing majors

Total

Males

9292

10141014

11061106

Females

700700

17211721

24212421

Total

792792

27352735

35273527

​(a) Find the probability that the student is male or a nursing major.

​P(being male or being nursing

​major)equals=nothing

​(Round to the nearest thousandth as​ needed.)

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a) P(male or being nursing major) = P(male) + P(non-nursing major) - P(male and non-nursing majors)

                                                      = 1106/3527 + 2735/3527 -1014/3527

                                                      = 0.802 (ans)

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