A survey of a number of large corporations gave the following probability table for events related to the offering of a promotion involving a transfer.
Promotion/Transfer |
Married |
Two-career Marriage |
One-career Merriage |
Unmarried |
Total |
Rejected |
0.184 |
0.0555 |
0.017 |
0.2565 |
Accepted |
0.276 |
0.3145 |
0.153 |
0.7435 |
Total |
0.46 |
0.37 |
0.17 |
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Use the probabilities to answer the following questions:
a. What is the probability that a professional (selected at random) would accept the promotion? Reject it?
b. What is the probability that a professional (selected at random) is part of a twocareer marriage? A one-career marriage?