Question

69.6% of all full-time law enforcement officers are sworn officers, and of those, 88.2% were males. Females, however, make up 60.8% of civilian employees. One law enforcement officer is chosen at random. The probability that he or she is a male or a civilian employee is:

Answer 1

91.79% probability that he or she is a male or a civilian employee is

Explanation:

We have these following probabilities:

69.6% probability of a full-time law enforcement officers being a sworn officer.

Of those, 88.2% probability of them being males.

100 - 69.6% = 30.4% probability of a full-time law enforcement officers being a civilian employee.

Of those, 60.8% probability of them being females.

The probability that he or she is a male or a civilian employee is:

That is, civilian employees or male sworn officers work.

0.304 + 0.882*0.696 = 0.9179

91.79% probability that he or she is a male or a civilian employee is