A physics class has 40 students. Of these, 15 students are physics majors and a total of 14 students are minoring in math, including 5 students that are both majoring in physics and minoring in math. Find the probability that a randomly selected student is minoring in math or a physics major.

A physics class has 40 students. Of these, 15 students are physics majors and a total of 14 students are minoring in math, including 5 students that are both majoring in physics and minoring in math. Find the probability that a randomly selected student is minoring in math or a physics major.

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