Answer to Question #220809 in Statistics and Probability for Hassu

Question #220809

class contains 16 boys and 10 girls of which half of the girls are fat. Find the probability that a student chosen at random is a boy or a fat student.

Expert's answer

"P(boy\\cup fat)=\\dfrac{16+\\dfrac{1}{2}(10)}{16+10}=\\dfrac{21}{26}"

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