In Exercise 37 we saw that in 2015 Harvard accepted about 5.3% of its applicants, Dartmouth 10%, and Penn 9.9%. Jorge has applied to all three. He figures that his chances of getting into at least one of the three must be about 25.2%.
a) How has he arrived at this conclusion?
b) What assumption is he making?
c) Do you agree with his conclusion?

Data From Exercise 37

For high school students graduating in 2015, college admissions to the nation’s most selective schools were the most competitive in memory. Harvard accepted about 5.3% of its applicants, Dartmouth 10%, and Penn 9.9%. Jorge has applied to all three. Assuming that he’s a typical applicant, he figures that his chances of getting into both Harvard and Dartmouth must be about 0.53%.