A company has both male and female employees. The company has shirts and jackets with the company logo to give away to employees. For each of the company's 216 employees, a manager asked which piece of clothing the employee prefers. The preferences, based on gender, are summarized in the table below. Shirt Jacket Male 61 49 Female 15 91 Suppose an employee of the company is chosen at random. Answer each part. Do not round intermediate computations, and round your answers to the nearest hundredth. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) (a) What is the probability that the employee is male? (b) What is the probability that the employee is male or prefers a jacket?

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A company has both male and female employees. The company has shirts and jackets with the company logo to give away to employees. For each of the
company's 216 employees, a manager asked which piece of clothing the employee prefers. The preferences, based on gender, are summarized in the table
below.
Shirt Jacket
Male
61
49
Female
15
91
Suppose an employee of the company is chosen at random.
Answer each part. Do not round intermediate computations, and round your answers to the nearest hundredth.
(If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)
(a) What is the probability that the employee is male?
(b) What is the probability that the employee is male or prefers a jacket?
Transcribed Image Text:A company has both male and female employees. The company has shirts and jackets with the company logo to give away to employees. For each of the company's 216 employees, a manager asked which piece of clothing the employee prefers. The preferences, based on gender, are summarized in the table below. Shirt Jacket Male 61 49 Female 15 91 Suppose an employee of the company is chosen at random. Answer each part. Do not round intermediate computations, and round your answers to the nearest hundredth. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) (a) What is the probability that the employee is male? (b) What is the probability that the employee is male or prefers a jacket?
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