Question

In many settings, the "rules of probability" are just basic facts about percentages. The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) website provides the following information about the geographic region of citizenship of those who took the test in 2018: 1.9% were from Africa; 0.3% were from Australia and the Pacific Islands; 2.4% were from Canada; 14.3% were from Central and South Asia; 36.1% were from East and Southeast Asia; 1.7% were from Eastern Europe; 3.2% were from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America; 2.2% were from the Middle East; 30.3% were from the United States; and 7.6% were from Western Europe.

(a) What percentage of those who took the test in 2018 were from the Americas (either Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, or Latin America)? Give your answer to one decimal place.

Answer 1

2.4% + 3.2% + 30.3% = ?

I assume you can add.