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Applying the Addition Rule of Mutually Exclusive Even
A day of the week is randomly chosen. What is the probability of choosing Monday or a day that starts with t
S?
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P(Monday) =
P(starts with S) =
P(Monday or starts with S) =

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Explanation:

a probability is always the number of desired cases over the number of total possible cases.

in this situation the number of total cases is 7 : days of the week.

the 3 probabilities just differ based on the number of desired cases.

P(Monday) : there is only one desired case out of the 7 possible ones. so, the probability is

1/7 = 0.142857143...

P(starts with S) : 2 desired cases (Saturday and Sunday).

so the probability is

2/7 = 0.285714286...

P(Monday or starts with S) : 3 desired cases (Monday, Saturday, Sunday).

so the probability is

3/7 = 0.428571429...

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