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

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

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