Explain why the statement is incorrect: The probability that a bus will arrive late at the Civic Center is 0.35 and the probability that it will be on time ore early is 0.60
Shouldn't the probabilities add to 1.0? What other possibilities are there/
That's why the statement is incorrect, because the possibilities don't add up to 1.
which math statement is incorrect
The statement is incorrect because the combined probabilities given add up to 0.95. In order for probabilities to be accurate, they must add up to 1. To correct this, we need to adjust one of the probabilities.
To calculate the probability of an event occurring, we can subtract the probability of its complement from 1. In this case, the complement of a bus arriving late at the Civic Center is it arriving on time or early. So, we can calculate the correct probability of a bus arriving late by subtracting the probability of it being on time or early (0.60) from 1.
1 - 0.60 = 0.40
Therefore, the correct probabilities are that the probability of a bus arriving late at the Civic Center is 0.40 and the probability of it being on time or early is 0.60.