Given m || n, find the value of x and y

Peter applied to an accounting firm and a consulting firm. he knows that 30% of similarly qualified applicants receive job offers from the accounting firm, while only 20% of similarly qualified applicants receive job offers from the consulting firm. assume that receiving an offer from one firm is independent of receiving an offer from the other. what is the probability that both firms offer peter a job?

1. if events a and b are non-overlapping events, how do you find the probability that one or the other occurs? 2. what does it mean if p(a or b) equals 1?

Julie begins counting backwards from 1000 by 2’s and at the same time tony begins counting forward from 100 by 3’s.   if they count at the same rate, what number will they say at the same time?