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The accompanying table shows the numbers of male and female students in a certain region who received bachelor's degrees in a certain field in a recent year. A student is selected at random. Find the probability of each event listed in parts (a) through (c) below.
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(a) The student is male or received a degree in the field
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(Type an integer or a decimal. Round to three decimal places as needed.)
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Degrees in Field
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Degrees Outside of Field
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Males
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174,703
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592,932
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767,635
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Females
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140,528
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839,317
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979,845
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315,231
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1,432,249
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1,747,480
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