document.write( "Question 1120899: According to Consumer Digest (July/August
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document.write( "1996), the. probable location of personal computers
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document.write( "(PC) in the home is as follows:
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document.write( "Adult bedroom: 0.03
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document.write( "Child bedroom: 0.15
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document.write( "Other bedroom: 0.14
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document.write( "Office or den: 0.40
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document.write( "Other rooms: 0.28
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document.write( "(a) What is the probability that a PC is in a bedroom?
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document.write( "(b) What is the probability that it is not in a bedroom?
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document.write( "(c) Suppose a household is selected at random from
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document.write( "households with a PC; in what room would you
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document.write( "expect to find a PC?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #737074 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! In a bedroom has three possibilities with probabilities of 0.03, 0.15 and 0.14 for sum of 0.32. \n" ); document.write( "Not in a bedroom is everything else of 1-0.32 or 0.68\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The most likely spot I would expect to find a PC is in an office or den with probability 0.4\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |