Question

Levi is planning a road trip. He throws a dart on a map of the United States to decide where to go. There are 4 states that start with the letter A, 3 states that start with the letter C, and 8 states that start with the letter M. What is the probability that Levi throws a dart on a state that starts with an A or an M? (Hint: There are 50 total states.)

P(A∪M)=

1) 0.01
2) 0.24
3) 0.64
4) 0.42

Answer 1

since there are 4 states that start with A and 8 that start with M, this means that out of the 50 states there are 12 states that he could throw a dart at and get either A or M, meaning that 12/50 is the fraction and 12/50 converted into a percentage or decimal is 0.24 meaning that 0.24 is the probability that he throws a dart and hits a state that starts with an A or M