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3.1 Exercise 45

Avg difficulty 2.5

Explain what is wrong with the following statements. Use complete sentences.

  1. If there is a 60 percent chance of rain on Saturday and a 70 percent chance of rain on Sunday, then there is a 130 percent chance of rain over the weekend.
  2. The probability that a baseball player hits a home run is greater than the probability that he gets a successful hit.

OpenStax Statistics, 3.1 Terminology, exercise 45

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