please help solve this for me. i dont know what imdoing wrong but i cant seem to

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please help solve this for me. i dont know what imdoing wrong but i cant seem to get the answer. show work please.thanks in advance

the table below describe the smoking habits of a group of asthmasuffers. nonsmoker occasional smoker regular smoker heavy smoker total men 433 35 62    33 563 women 370 40 74    36 520 total 803 75 136 69 1083 if one of the 1083 people is randomly selected, findthe probability that the person is a man or a heavysmoker please help solve this for me. i dont know what imdoing wrong but i cant seem to get the answer. show work please.thanks in advance

the table below describe the smoking habits of a group of asthmasuffers. nonsmoker occasional smoker regular smoker heavy smoker total men 433 35 62    33 563 women 370 40 74    36 520 total 803 75 136 69 1083 if one of the 1083 people is randomly selected, findthe probability that the person is a man or a heavysmoker nonsmoker occasional smoker regular smoker heavy smoker total men 433 35 62    33 563 women 370 40 74    36 520 total 803 75 136 69 1083

Explanation / Answer

In the above table, we have to count the number of people whoare men or a heavy smoker, but without counting twice. We see that there are 563 men. Also, we observe that there are36 women who are heavy smoker. Thus, there are 563+36 = 599 who is a man or a heavysmoker Thus, probability = 599/1083

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