Question

A college professor asked his Psychology students to complete a personality test. He paid special attention to his students' career goals and their greatest fears. Fear of snakes Fear of heights Social worker 4 3 Doctor 1 4 Professional athlete 3 5 What is the probability that a randomly selected student wants to be a doctor or professional athlete Simplify any fractions.

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{Prob(Social Worker)=}(7)/(20) \\ \\ \text{Prob(Doctor) = }(5)/(20)=(1)/(4) \\ \\ \text{Prob(Prof Athlete) =}(8)/(20)=(2)/(5) \end{gathered}`

The probability of selecting a doctor or a professional athlete is: