The following two-way contingency table gives the breakdown of a town's population according to party affiliation (A, B, C, or None) and opinion on a property tax issue:   Opinion Affiliation Favors Opposes Undecided A 0.12 0.09 0.07 B 0.16 0.12 0.14 C 0.04 0.03 0.06 None 0.08 0.06 0.03 A person is selected at random. What is the probability that the person is affiliated with parties A or B?

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The following two-way contingency table gives the breakdown of a town's population according to party affiliation (A, B, C, or None) and opinion on a property tax issue:

  Opinion
Affiliation Favors Opposes Undecided
A 0.12 0.09 0.07
B 0.16 0.12 0.14
C 0.04 0.03 0.06
None 0.08 0.06 0.03

A person is selected at random. What is the probability that the person is affiliated with parties A or B? 

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