The Following Table Shows the Results of a Survey of 370

question 226

Multiple Choice

The following table shows the results of a survey of 370 authors by a (fictitious) publishing company: $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \begin{array} { l } \text { New } \\\text { Authors }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Established } \\\text { Authors }\end{array} & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Successful } & 60 & 20 & 80 \\\hline \text { Unsuccessful } & 140 & 150 & 290 \\\hline \text { Total } & 200 & 170 & 370 \\\hline\end{array}$$ A new author is chosen at random.
Compute the estimated probability of the event that the new author is unsuccessful.

• A) \(\frac { 14 } { 37 }\)
• B) \(\frac { 7 } { 10 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 3 } { 10 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 20 } { 37 }\)
• E) \(\frac { 14 } { 29 }\)

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