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1) The corporate research and development centers for three local companies have the following numbers of employees:

Company Frequency
U.S. Steel 110
Alcoa 750
Bayer Material Science 250

If a research employee is selected at random, find the probability that the employee is employed by U.S. Steel or Alcoa.


2) A social organization of 32 members sold college sweatshirts as a fundraiser. The results of their sale are shown below. 

Number of sweatshirts sold Frequency
0 2
1-5 13
6-10 8
11-15 4
16-20 4
20+ 1

If we choose one student at random, find the following probabilities that the student sold: