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u) | MAA MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Kwebwork math109-fall2017-wilton / hw4 /1 HW4: Problem 1 revious Problem Problem List Next Problem (1 point) Government data assign a single cause for each death that occurs in the United States. In a certain city, the data show that the probability s that it was due to cancer 0.39 that a randomly chosen death was due to cardiovascular (mainly heart) disease, and o 25 (a) Therprobability that a death was due ether to cardiovascular disease or to cancer is (b) The probability that the death was due to some other cause is Note: You can earn partial credit on this problem. You have attempted this problem 0 times You have unlimited attempts remaining Email instructorExplanation / Answer
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the probability that the randomly choosen death is due cardiovascular disease = 0.39
the probability that the randomly choosen death is due cancer = 0.25
( a )
the probability that the randomly choosen death is due cardiovascular disease or cancer = 0.39 + 0.25
= 0.64
( b )
the probability that the randomly choosen death is due to other disease = 1 - 0.64 = 0.34
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