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5. The table below shows the number of survey subjects who have received and not received a speeding ticket in the last year, and the color of their car.Red CarNot Red CarTotalSpeeding Ticket162541No Speeding Ticket215279494Total231304535If one person is randomly selected from the group, what is the probability that this person does not drive a red car or did not get a speeding ticket?

5. The table below shows the number of survey subjects who have received and not received-example-1

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The total number of persons = 535

The number of persons that does not drive a red car is 304

The number of persons that didn't get a speeding ticket is 494

The number of persons that don't drive a red car and didn't get a speeding ticket is 279

Therefore, the probability that a person selected at random does not drive a red car and did not get a speeding ticket is

(number of persons not driving a red car + number of persons without speeding ticket - number of persons in both cases)/total number of persons

Thus, we have

(304 + 494 - 279)/535

= 0.97

The probability is 0.97

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