Use the General Multiplication Rule to Find the Indicated Probability

question 89

Multiple Choice

Use the general multiplication rule to find the indicated probability.
-The table below describes the smoking habits of a group of asthma sufferers. $\begin{array}{r|cccc} & &{\text { Light Heavy }} \\& \text { Nonsmoker } & \text { smoker } & \text { smoker } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Men } & 347 & 50 & 39 & 436 \\\text { Women } & 354 & 34 & 46 & 434 \\\text { Total } & 701 & 84 & 85 & 870\end{array}$
If two different people are randomly selected from the 870 subjects, find the probability that they are both heavy smokers.

• A)0.002010
• B)0.0001384
• C)0.009444
• D)0.009546

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