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Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.
(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .
(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .
a!Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
b!Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
c!BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
d!EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
e!Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.![]()
Every passenger on a certain airplane is from either Japan or Australia; no one is from both. Every passenger is reading either a novel or a biography; no one is reading both. If a passenger is to be selected at random, is the probability that the passenger is both from Japan and reading a novel greater than the probability that the passenger is both from Australia and reading a biography.
(1) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Japan or reading a novel or both is .
(2) The probability that a randomly selected passenger is either from Australia or reading a biography or both is .
a!Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
b!Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
c!BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
d!EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
e!Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.