Probability help

Question

Americans can be quite suspicious, especially when it comes to government
conspiracies. On the question of whether the U.S. Air Force has withheld proof of the
existence of intelligent life on other planets, the proportions of Americans with
varying opinions are given in the table.

 

Opinion                  Proportion

Very Likely                .24

Somewhat likely        .24

Unlikely                    .40

Other                       .12

 

 

Suppose that one American is selected and his or her opinion is recorded.
a. What are the simple events for this experiment?
b. Are the simple events that you gave in part (a) all equally likely? If not, what are the
probabilities that should be assigned to each?

c. What is the probability that the person selected finds it at least somewhat likely that
the Air Force is withholding information about intelligent life on other planets?

 

 

For question c , in my booklet it says the P(at least somewhat likely)= P(somewhat likely) + P(Very Likel)=.48

 

I dont understand why that is the answer

 

 

Answer 1

  P(at least somewhat likely)= P(somewhat likely) + P(Very Likely)=.48

 

This is so because of the meaning of the English phrase AT LEAST.