Question

A certain town has two kinds of youth basketball teams. When is a school team (S) and the other is a rec team (R) . On any given Saturday in December the probability that school team will have the game is 0.8, and the probability that a rec team will have a game is 0.7 and probably that both where the game is 0.65.on any given Saturday in December, what is the probability that either a rec team or a school team has a game?Answer Choices:A. 0.65B. 0.7C. 0.8D. 0.85

Answer 1

D. 0.85

Step-by-step explanation:

We were given the following information:

Probability of S = 0.8

Probability of R = 0.7

Probability of S & R = 0.65

The probability that either a rec team or a school team has a game is given by:

`\begin{gathered} P(S)=0.8 \\ P(R)=0.7 \\ P(S\cap R)=0.65 \\ \text{Since the events are overlaaping, the applicable formula is:} \\ P(S\text{ }or\text{ }R)=P(S)+P(R)-P(S\cap R) \\ P(S\text{ }or\text{ }R)=0.8+0.7-0.65 \\ P(S\text{ }or\text{ }R)=1.5-0.65 \\ P(S\text{ }or\text{ }R)=0.85 \\ \\ \therefore P(S\text{o}r\text{R})=0.85 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the answer is D