At a political rally there are 20 republicians, 13 democrates, 6 independents. If a person is chosen at random what is the probability that

Question

a) the person is either a democrate or and independent?

Answer 1

So of the 39 people, how many are either democrats or independents?

Answer 2

20 + 13 + 6 = 39, which is the total number of people.

13 + 6 = 19, this tells us how many democrats and independents there are.

So of the 39 people, 19/39 people are either democrats or independents