Probability/The Addition Rule Question 16 A company that makes soda pop cans find the probability of producing a can without a puncture is 0.96, the probability that a can does not have a smashed edge is 0.93, and the probability that a can does not have a puncture or does not have a smashed edge is 0.893.

  1. Are the events "selecting a can without a puncture" and "selecting a can without a smashed edge" mutually exclusive?  {#1}
  2. If a quality inspector randomly selects a can, find the probability that the can does not have a puncture or does not have a smashed edge.  {#2}
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  • Not mutually exclusive.  A can may have no punctures and no smashed edges.
  • 0.997
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