A golf ball is selected at random from a golf bag. If the golf bag contains 4 brown ​balls, 6 orange ​balls, and 11 black ​balls, find the probability of the following event.   The golf ball is brown or orange.

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A golf ball is selected at random from a golf bag. If the golf bag contains
4
brown
​balls,
6
orange
​balls, and
11
black
​balls, find the probability of the following event.
 
The golf ball is
brown
or
orange.
 
 
 

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The probability that the golf ball is
brown
or
orange
is
enter your response here.
​(Type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as​ needed.)
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