Question 204041: Researchers find that the 2004 population of California was 35,893,799, the 2004 population of Pennsylvania was 12,406,292, and the total US population was 293,655,404. What is the probability that a randomly selected US resident did not live in California? Round to the nearest thousandth of a percent.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Researchers find that the 2004 population of California was 35,893,799, the 2004 population of Pennsylvania was 12,406,292, and the total US population was 293,655,404. What is the probability that a randomly selected US resident did not live in California? Round to the nearest thousandth of a percent.
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(293655404-35893799)/293655404 = 0.8778 or 87.78%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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