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Use the General Addition Rule
-Consider the Data in the Table

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Use the General Addition Rule
-Consider the data in the table shown which represents the marital status of males and females 18 years or older in the United States in 2003. Determine the probability that a randomly selected U.S. resident 18 years or older is divorced or a male Round to the nearest hundredth.  Males  (in millions)   Females  (in millions)   Total  (in millions)   Never married 28.623.351.9 Married 62.162.8124.9 Widowed 2.711.314.0 Divorced 9.012.721.7 Total (in millions)  102.4110.1212.5\begin{array}{|l|c|l|l|}\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { Males } \\\text { (in millions) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Females } \\\text { (in millions) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Total } \\\text { (in millions) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Never married } & 28.6 & 23.3 & 51.9 \\\hline \text { Married } & 62.1 & 62.8 & 124.9 \\\hline \text { Widowed } & 2.7 & 11.3 & 14.0 \\\hline \text { Divorced } & 9.0 & 12.7 & 21.7 \\\hline \text { Total (in millions) } & 102.4 & 110.1 & 212.5 \\\hline\end{array}

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population reports


A) 0.540.54
B) 0.580.58
C) 0.500.50
D) 0.040.04

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