The probability that it rains in Kuwait City on a certain day is 0.35. What is the probability that it does not rain that day?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 0.65
- Step 1: The probabilities of an event and its complement add up to 1. Step 2. . Answer: 0.65. Why not the others: 0.35 is the probability of rain itself, 1.35 adds 1 instead of subtracting from it, and 0.5 wrongly treats rain and no rain as equally likely.
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