Question 1208185
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<pre>One individual is randomly selected from 500:
         Wrinkles       Wrinkles
         Prominent    Not Prominent
Heavy Smoker 120          60
Light Smoker 75           245
(a) Given that the individual is a heavy smoker, what is the
probability that he/she does not have prominent wrinkles?
(b) What is the probability that the selected individual is a
heavy smoker or has prominent wrinkles?</pre>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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                     <U>Solution</U>


(a)  Given that the individual is a heavy smoker, we look into the first line 
     in the table, only, and take the values from there.


     Doing this way, for the probability under the question, we get

         P = {{{60/(120+60)}}} = {{{60/180}}} = {{{1/3}}}.    <U>ANSWER</U>




(b)  In (b), the individual is randomly selected from the total of 500.

     Therefore,  P = {{{((120+60) + 75)/500}}} = {{{255/500}}} = 0.51.    <U>ANSWER</U>
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Solved.