Question

Distribution of Responses of 2,000 Residents to Two Library Funding Questions

If one resident is to be randomly selected from among the 2,000 residents, what is the probability that the selected resident`s response to question 2 was either "Local government" or "Private donations"?

A14

B27

C13

D25

E12

Answer 1

25%

Explanation:

16% answered "local government" to question 2.

9% answered "private donations" to question 2.

So the probability that a randomly selected response is either "local government" or "private donations" is 16% + 9% = 25%.