Maria and John have decided that once they live in a house, they want to have a pet. They go to an animal shelter and find several pets that they would love to take home. There are 25 cats, 4 flat coat retrievers, 8 labrador retrievers, and 10 mixed-breed dogs.  Since they can’t decide, they place all the adoption cards in a container and draw one. What is the probability that they select a cat? Since they can’t decide, they place all the adoption cards in a container and draw one. What is the probability that they select either a flat coat retriever or a Labrador retriever? Since they can’t decide, they place all the adoption cards in a container and draw one. What is the probability that if they select a dog, that it is not a mixed breed?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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  1. Maria and John have decided that once they live in a house, they want to have a pet.

They go to an animal shelter and find several pets that they would love to take home. There are 25 cats, 4 flat coat retrievers, 8 labrador retrievers, and 10 mixed-breed dogs. 

  1. Since they can’t decide, they place all the adoption cards in a container and draw one. What is the probability that they select a cat?
  2. Since they can’t decide, they place all the adoption cards in a container and draw one. What is the probability that they select either a flat coat retriever or a Labrador retriever?
  3. Since they can’t decide, they place all the adoption cards in a container and draw one. What is the probability that if they select a dog, that it is not a mixed breed?
  4. If they decide to purposely choose 2 of the 22 available dogs rather than randomly choosing any 2, how many combinations of 2 dogs are possible?
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