In government data, a household consists of all occupants of a dwelling unit. Choose an American household

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In government data, a household consists of all occupants of a dwelling unit. Choose an American household at random and count the number of people it contains. Here is the assignment of probabilities for the outcome. The probability of finding 3 people in a household is the same as the probability of finding 4 people.

Number of people 1 2 3 4 5 6. 7+ Probability 0.25 0.32 ? 0.07 0.03 0.01


a. What probability should replace “?” in the table? Why?

b. Find the probability that the chosen household contains more than 2 people.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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