A Fast-Food Restaurant Chain Has 617 Outlets in the United

question 15

Multiple Choice

A fast-food restaurant chain has 617 outlets in the United States. The following table categorizes them by city population and location and presents the number of outlets in each category. An outlet is chosen at random from the 617 to test market a new menu.
$\begin{array}{ccccc}\hline & {\text { Region }} \\\hline \text { Population } & & & & \\\text { of city } & \text { NE } & \text { SE } & \text { SW } & \text { NW } \\\text { Under } 50,000 & 27 & 25 & 32 & 22 \\50,000-500,000 & 58 & 45 & 54 & 44 \\\text { Over } 500,000 & 72 & 127 & 70 & 41 \\\hline\end{array}$
Given that the outlet is located in the West (either SW or NW) , what is the probability the is in a city with population $50,000 - 500,000$ ?

• A) 0.278
• B) 0.764
• C) 0.373
• D) 0.159

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