I am looking down on a parking lot, and can see that about 10% of the cars are red and about 15% of the cars are blue. To estimate the probability that the next car to leave the lot will be red or blue, I would
A) add those two percentages.
B) multiply those two percentages.
C) count the number of green cars.
D) It can't be estimated from the information provided.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To estimate the probability of the next car being red or blue, we can simply add the percentage of red cars (10%) and the percentage of blue cars (15%), which gives us a rough estimate of 25%. Therefore, we choose option A.

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