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Question 1172451: A survey of 1,092 adults was asked, "Do you enjoy shopping for clothing for yourself?" The results indicated that50 % of the females enjoyed shopping for clothing for themselves as compared to 43 % of the males. Suppose that the results indicated that of 549 males,235 answered yes. Of females, 274 answered yes. Construct a contingency table to evaluate the probabilities. Complete parts (a) through (d).
a)What is the probability that a respondent chosen at random enjoys shopping for clothing for himself or herself?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
---Enjoy---- don't-------Total
M--235-------314-------549
F--274--------269-------543
T--509-------583-------1092
probability is 509/1092, the enjoy column divided by the total column.
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