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Given information
In a box of assorted cookies, 
contain chocolate and 
contain nuts. Of those, 
contain both chocolate and
contain chocolate and contain nuts. Of those, contain both chocolate andnuts. Sean is allergic to both chocolate and nuts.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Let 
and 
be two events, then we have
.
Let us assume the events as follows:
Event that cookie has chocolate,
Event that cookie has nuts.
,
,
.
We need to calculate the probability that a cookie does not contain chocolate or nuts
Therefore,
,
Substituting the values, we get
Hence, the probability that a cookie does not contain chocolate or nuts is 
.
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Introductory Statistics
OER Edition, 2013
Openstax
ISBN: 9781938168208
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