brazil-enem 2016 Q157

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A couple, both 30 years old, intends to take out a private pension plan. The insurance company researched, to define the value of the monthly contribution, estimates the probability that at least one of them will be alive in 50 years, based on population data, which indicate that 20\% of men and 30\% of women today will reach the age of 80.
What is this probability?
(A) $50\%$
(B) $44\%$
(C) $38\%$
(D) $25\%$
(E) $6\%$
A couple, both 30 years old, intends to take out a private pension plan. The insurance company researched, to define the value of the monthly contribution, estimates the probability that at least one of them will be alive in 50 years, based on population data, which indicate that 20\% of men and 30\% of women today will reach the age of 80.

What is this probability?

(A) $50\%$

(B) $44\%$

(C) $38\%$

(D) $25\%$

(E) $6\%$