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From the employees of a company, 5 persons are selected to represent them in the managing committee of the company. Particulars of five persons are as follows: A person is selected at random from this group to act as a spokesperson. What is the probability that the spokesperson will be either male or over 35 vears?

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Let .A. be the random experiment that the spokesperson will be male and .B. be the random experiment that the spokesperson will be above 35 years. Therefore, required probability .=P(A uu B)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A nn B)=3/5+2/5-1/5=4/5.
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