In the book Chances: risk and odds in Everyday Life, author James Burke says that approximately 57% of the general US population wears glasses or contacts. If two people are chosen at random from the US

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

Let E represents the event of wearing glasses or contacts.

So;

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The probability that selected 2 wears glasses

This is calculated as:

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