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Problem 3

 

The table below lists the marital status for a random selection of government employees along with their job status. If one of the employees is randomly selected, find the probability that the employee is low-skilled or single.
                                         Marital status
Job grade      Single Married Divorced Widowed Total
Low-skilled    58         874          15            8          955
Blue collar     222     3927          70          20        4269
White collar   50       2396          34          10        2490
Supervisor      7         533             7            4          551

Total             337       7730        126          42        8235

 

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