Max and Stephen are at a restaurant and will each order either a burger or a pizza. The probability Max orders a burger is 0.6 (i.e. 60%). The probability that Stephen orders a pizza is 0.5. The probability that both Max and Stephen order a burger is 0.34. Answer the following questions. Hint: Let M be the event that Max orders a burger and S be the event that Stephen orders a burger.   a) Calculate the probability that Stephen orders a burger.         b) Calculate the probability that Max orders a burger given that Stephen orders a burger.          c) Calculate the probability that either Max or Stephen (or both) orders a burger

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Max and Stephen are at a restaurant and will each order either a burger or a pizza. The probability Max orders a burger is 0.6 (i.e. 60%). The probability that Stephen orders a pizza is 0.5. The probability that both Max and Stephen order a burger is 0.34. Answer the following questions.

Hint: Let M be the event that Max orders a burger and S be the event that Stephen orders a burger.

 

a) Calculate the probability that Stephen orders a burger.

 

 

 

 

b) Calculate the probability that Max orders a burger given that Stephen orders a burger. 

 

 

 

 

c) Calculate the probability that either Max or Stephen (or both) orders a burger.

 

 

 

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