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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