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The given statement is:

From Wikipedia and the article "Which Country Has the Best Brains?" from BBC News Magazine, we obtained a frequency distribution of the number of Nobel Prize winners. by country.

The total instances where the selected recipient of a Nobel Prize is from either France or Germany are:

$103+59=162$

Now Let's take the occurrence 'E' as the selected recipient of a Nobel Prize is from either France or Germany.

The probability that the selected recipient of a Nobel Prize is from either France or Germany:

$$\begin{gathered} P\left(E\right)=\frac{162}{839} \\ =0.193 \end{gathered}$$

The total instances where the selected recipient of a Nobel Prize is from any country other than the United States is:

$=$Total Number of Winners$-$Winners from the U.S.

role="math" localid="1651069266757" $839-338=501$

Now Let's take the occurrence 'E' as the selected recipient of a Nobel Prize is any country other than the United States.

The probability that the selected recipient of a Nobel Prize is from any country other than the United States is:

$$\begin{gathered} P\left(E\right)=\frac{501}{839} \\ =0.597 \end{gathered}$$