At a local carinderia, 100 people are eating at a given time. Among them, 50 were local workers, 34 were students, and the remaining were tricycle drivers. If every customer is equally likely to finish eating, find the probability of: a driver finishing first. a student finishing first. a worker finishing second if either a driver or a student finished first.

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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At a local carinderia, 100 people are eating at a given time. Among them, 50 were local workers, 34 were students, and the remaining were tricycle drivers. If every customer is equally likely to finish eating, find the probability of:

  1. a driver finishing first.
  2. a student finishing first.
  3. a worker finishing second if either a driver or a student finished first.
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