Question 4.37

4.37 Land in Iowa.

Choose an acre of land in Iowa at random. The probability is 0.92 that it is farmland and 0.01 that it is forest.

  1. What is the probability that the acre chosen is not farmland?
  2. What is the probability that it is either farmland or forest?
  3. What is the probability that a randomly chosen acre in Iowa is something other than farmland or forest?

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(a) 0.08. (b) 0.93. (c) 0.07.