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1 November, 04:36

The windshield wipers on the car have not been working properly. The probability that the car needs a new motor is 0.6, the probability that the car needs a new switch is 0.4, and the probability that the car needs both is 0.15. What is the probability that the car needs neither a new motor nor a new switch?

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  1. 1 November, 05:15
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    The probability that the car needs neither a new motor nor a new switch is 0.15

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Here, we have a probability question to work with.

    Let the probability of needing a new motor be P (M), while the probability of needing a new switch be P (S);

    First, the probability of calculating the union of the two events is;

    P (M ∪ S) = P (M) + P (S) - P (M ∩ S)

    From the question, we identify the following;

    P (M) = 0.6, P (S) = 0.4 and P (M ∩ S) = 0.15

    Let's plug these values into the equation above;

    P (M ∪ S) = 0.6 + 0.4 - 0.15 = 1-0.15 = 0.85

    It must be known that the probability that the car needs neither is the complement of the union

    Hence, P (M ∪ S) = 1 - (P (M ∪ S) ') = 1 - 0.85 = 0.15
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