In many settings, the "rules of probability" are just basic facts about percents. The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) website provides information about the undergraduate majors of those who took the test in specific year. Sunnes
Student Assignment Contair
that in a certain year: 55% majored in business or commerce; 17% majored in engineering; 16% majored in the social
sciences; 6% majored in the sciences; 4% majored in the humanities; and 2% listed some major other than the preceding.
Assume there are no double majors.
(a) What percent of those who took the test in this certain year majored in either engineering or the sciences? (Enter your
answer as a percent and as a whole number.)
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