Estimate the Indicated Probability

question 190

Multiple Choice

Estimate the indicated probability.
-A survey was done at a mall in which 2000 customers were asked what type of credit card they Used most often. The results of the survey are shown in the figure below:
Determine the empirical probability that a person selected at random from the 2000 surveyed uses No card. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth when necessary.

• A) 0.05
• B) 0.0005
• C) 0.005
• D) 0.025

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