At a Los Angeles engineering conference consisting of UCLA and USC graduates there are 10 mechanical engineers and 7 electrical engineers. Five of the mechanical engineers graduated from UCLA and 4 of the electrical engineers graduated from USC. If a random engineer is selected at the conference what is the probability the engineer is a mechanical engineer or a USC graduate or a both a USC graduate and a mechanical engineer? 0.4879 0.3114 0.8235 None of these.

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At a Los Angeles engineering conference consisting of UCLA and USC
graduates there are 10 mechanical engineers and 7 electrical
engineers. Five of the mechanical engineers graduated from UCLA
and 4 of the electrical engineers graduated from USC. If a random
engineer is selected at the conference what is the probability the
engineer is a mechanical engineer or a USC graduate or a both a USC
graduate and a mechanical engineer?
0.4879
0.3114
0.8235
None of these.
Transcribed Image Text:At a Los Angeles engineering conference consisting of UCLA and USC graduates there are 10 mechanical engineers and 7 electrical engineers. Five of the mechanical engineers graduated from UCLA and 4 of the electrical engineers graduated from USC. If a random engineer is selected at the conference what is the probability the engineer is a mechanical engineer or a USC graduate or a both a USC graduate and a mechanical engineer? 0.4879 0.3114 0.8235 None of these.
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