In a group of 40 people 10 are healthy and every person the


Question: In a group of 40 people, 10 are healthy and every person the of the remaining 30 has either high blood pressure, a high level of cholesterol or both. If 15 have high blood pressure and 25 have high level of cholesterol,

a) how many people have high blood pressure and a high level of cholesterol? If a person is selected randomly from this group, what is the probability that he/she

b) has high blood pressure (event A)?

c) has high level of cholesterol(event B)?

d) has high blood pressure and high level of cholesterol (event A and B)?

e) has either high blood pressure or high level of cholesterol (event A or B)?

f) Use the above to check the probability formula:

P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B).

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