The following two-way contingency table gives the breakdown of the population of adults in a town according to their highest level of education and whether or not they regularly take vitamins: Use of Vitamins Education Takes Does Not Take No High School Diploma 0.03 0.07 High School Diploma 0.11 0.39 Undergraduate Degree 0.09 0.27 Graduate Degree 0.02 0.02 You select a person at random. What is the probability the person only has a high school diploma?
The following two-way contingency table gives the breakdown of the population of adults in a town according to their highest level of education and whether or not they regularly take vitamins: Use of Vitamins Education Takes Does Not Take No High School Diploma 0.03 0.07 High School Diploma 0.11 0.39 Undergraduate Degree 0.09 0.27 Graduate Degree 0.02 0.02 You select a person at random. What is the probability the person only has a high school diploma?
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Chapter12: Probability
Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
Problem 65E
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The following two-way
Use of Vitamins | ||
Education | Takes | Does Not Take |
No High School Diploma | 0.03 | 0.07 |
High School Diploma | 0.11 | 0.39 |
Undergraduate Degree | 0.09 | 0.27 |
Graduate Degree | 0.02 | 0.02 |
You select a person at random. What is the probability the person only has a high school diploma?
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