Question

The mathematics faculty at a college consists of 6 ​professors, 11 associate​ professors, 4 assistant​ professors, and 11 instructors. If one faculty member is randomly​ selected, find the probability of choosing a professor or an instructor.

The probability is

Answer 1

I think it is about 0.07 percent

Answer 2

I thought probability would be harder than this! Simple!!


In all you have 32 faculty members. The professors and instructors make up 17 of those 32 people. That's 17/32. As a percentage, that is approximately 53% or a little more than half.