Consider the example of finding the probability of selecting a black card or a 6 from a deck of 52 cards.

The probability of selecting a black card or a 6 = 7/13

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question we have given two events. When two events can not occur at the same time,it is known as mutually exclusive event.

According to the question we need to find out the probability of black card or 6. So we can write it as:

P(black card or 6):

The probability of selecting a black card = 26/52

The probability of selecting a 6 = 4/52

And the probability of selecting both = 2/52.

So we will apply the formula of compound probability:

P(black card or 6)=P(black card)+P(6)-P(black card and 6)

Now substitute the values:

P(black card or 6)= 26/52+4/52-2/52

P(black card or 6)=26+4-2/52

P(black card or 6)=30-2/52

P(black card or 6)=28/52

P(black card or 6)=7/13.

Hence the probability of selecting a black card or a 6 = 7/13

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)