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Consider the following events:
T =
M = event that a randomly selected adult is between the ages of 19 and 36
O = event that a randomly selected adult is 37 or older
Based on a June 9, 2016, Gallup survey (“Data Security: Not a Big Concern for Millennials,” gallup.com, retrieved April 25, 2017), the following probability estimates are reasonable:
Explain why P(T) is not just the average of the two given probabilities.
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