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Probability Story problem

Mary is taking courses in both Reading and English.  She estimates her probability of passing Reading of 0.4 and English at 0.6 and she estimates her probability of passing at least one of them at 0.8.  What is her probability of passing both courses?


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This provides an example of using probabilities to determine the likelihood of passing two courses.

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