SCENARIO 4-3 A Survey Is Taken Among Customers of a Fast-Food Restaurant

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SCENARIO 4-3
A survey is taken among customers of a fast-food restaurant to determine preference for hamburger or chicken.Of 200 respondents selected,75 were children and 125 were adults.120 preferred hamburger and 80 preferred chicken.55 of the children preferred hamburger.
-Referring to Scenario 4-3,assume we know the person is a child.The probability that this individual prefers hamburger is_____ .

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Stamp Act

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Sons of Liberty

A group of American patriots during the colonial period who used demonstrations and other methods to protest against British taxation.

Intercolonial Association

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