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Licensed Drivers in the United States In a recent year there were the following numbers (in thousands) of licensed drivers in the United States.

Male Female
Age 1919 and under 47464746 45174517
Age 2020 16251625 15531553
Age 2121 16791679 16271627


Choose one driver at random. Find the probability that the driver is
b. Age 2020 or female

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The probability of an event is given by the ratio of the number of outcomes favorable to the event to the total number of outcomes:

P(E)=No. outcomes favorable to ETotal number of outcomes.P(E)=\dfrac{\text{No. outcomes favorable to }E}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}\text{.}

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