Probability of an event from the joint probabilities

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If the event A is the event, {I am leaving work early today}, and B is the event, {there is a football game that I want to watch}. Given the following joint probabilities:

p(I am leaving work early, there is a football game that I want to watch this afternoon) = .1

p(I am leaving work early, there is not a football game that I want to watch this afternoon) = .05.

p(I am not leaving work early, there is not a football game that I want to watch this afternoon) = .65

How do I go about finding the probability B, that there is a football game that I want to watch this afternoon?

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\begin{align*} P(B)&=1-P(B^c)\\ &=1-P((A\cap B^c) \cup (A^c\cap B^c))\\ &=1-P(A\cap B^c)-P(A^c\cap B^c)\\ &=1-0.05-0.65\\ &=0.3 \end{align*}