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For a bill to come before the president of the United States, it must be passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Assume that, of the bills presented to these two bodies, 60 percent pass the House, 80 percent pass the Senate, and 90 percent pass at least one of the two. Calculate the probability that the next bill presented to the two groups will come before the president.

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0.35
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0.5
0.6

References

Doyle, Peter G. (2006). "Grinstead and Snell's Introduction to Probability" (PDF). Retrieved June 6, 2024.

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-For a bill to come before the president of the United States, it must
+For a bill to come before the president of the United States, it must be passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.  Assume that,
-be passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.  Assume that,
+of the bills presented to these two bodies, 60 percent pass the House, 80 percent pass the Senate, and 90 percent pass at least one of the two.  Calculate the probability that the next bill presented to the two groups will come before the president.
-of
-the bills presented to these two bodies, 60 percent pass the House, 80
+<ul class="mw-excansopts">
-percent
+<li>0.25</li>
-pass the Senate, and 90 percent pass at least one of the two.  Calculate the
+<li>0.35</li>
-probability that the next bill presented to the two groups will come before
+<li>0.4</li>
-the
+<li>0.5</li>
-president.
+<li>0.6</li>
+</ul>
 '''References'''
 {{cite web |url=https://math.dartmouth.edu/~prob/prob/prob.pdf |title=Grinstead and Snell’s Introduction to Probability |last=Doyle |first=Peter G.|date=2006 |access-date=June 6, 2024}}