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Probability of intersection or union: Word problems

Suppose that 51% of the women who gave birth at a certain hospital last year were over 30 years old, and that 39% were unmarried. If 63% of the women were over 30 or unmarried (or both), what is the probability that a woman who gave birth at the hospital was both unmarried and over 30?

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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of probability using addition theorem of probability. Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included.

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Probability of intersection or union: Word problems
Suppose that % of the women who gave birth at a certain hospital last year were over years old, and that % were unmarried. If % of the women were over or unmarried (or both), ...

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