Respuesta :

Let [tex]M,F,P[/tex] denote the events that a student is male, a student is female, and a student has a phone, respectively. Then we're given


[tex]P(M)=\dfrac{420}{800}[/tex]


[tex]P(F)=1-P(M)=\dfrac{380}{800}[/tex]


[tex]P(P)=\dfrac{325}{800}[/tex]


We want to determine [tex]P(M\cup P)[/tex], which is equivalent to


[tex]P(M\cup P)=P(M)+P(P)-P(M\cap P)[/tex]


By the law of total probability, we have


[tex]P(P)=P(M\cap P)+P(F\cap P)[/tex]


That is, any student belonging to [tex]P[/tex] will be either male or female, and the events [tex]M[/tex] and [tex]F[/tex] are mutually exclusive of one another (because they are complementary). We're told that


[tex]P(F\mid P)=\dfrac{200}{325}[/tex]


By definition of conditional probability,


[tex]P(F\mid P)=\dfrac{P(F\cap P)}{P(P)}=\dfrac{P(F\cap P)}{\frac{325}{800}}\implies P(F\cap P)=\dfrac{200}{800}[/tex]


and so


[tex]P(P)=P(M\cap P)+P(F\cap P)\iff\dfrac{325}{800}=P(M\cap P)+\dfrac{200}{800}\implies P(M\cap P)=\dfrac{125}{800}[/tex]


So we have


[tex]P(M\cup P)=\dfrac{420}{800}+\dfrac{325}{800}-\dfrac{125}{800}=\dfrac{620}{800}[/tex]