Question

Suppose that a defendant in a first-degree murder trial has 52% chance of being convicted of murder, a 26% chance of being convicted of a lesser charge, and a 22% chance of being found not-guilty. Find the percent chance that the defendant is convicted on any charge.

Answer 1

Answer:

78%

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is pretty straight forward. Here we are to find the percentage probability of the of the defendants being convicted on any charge.

From the information available to us there's a 52% chance of being convicted of murder and also there's another 26% chance of conviction of something smaller. From this data available, the percentage chance that there will be a conviction is

52% + 26%

= 78%