Bicycles for hire at the Durban Beach front are deemed beyond repair when one or both its wheels are damaged. According to current statistics, there is an 8% chance that the front wheel gets damaged and a 12% chance the back wheel gets damaged. What is the probability that a hired bike will be deemed beyond repair, provided that the wheels get damaged independently of each other?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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Bicycles for hire at the Durban Beach front are deemed beyond repair when one or both its
wheels are damaged. According to current statistics, there is an 8% chance that the front wheel
gets damaged and a 12% chance the back wheel gets damaged.
What is the probability that a hired bike will be deemed beyond repair, provided that the wheels
get damaged independently of each other? 

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