Find the Indicated Probability If One of the 1064 People Is Randomly Selected, Find

question 36

Multiple Choice

Find the indicated probability.
-The table below describes the smoking habits of a group of asthma sufferers. $\begin{array}{r|ccccc} & \text { Occasional } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Regular } \\\text { smoker }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Heavy } \\\text { smoker }\end{array} & \text { smoker } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Men } & 380 & 48 & 63 & 42 & 533 \\\text { Women } & 360 & 34 & 90 & 47 & 531 \\\text { Total } & 740 & 82 & 153 & 89 & 1064\end{array}$ If one of the 1064 people is randomly selected, find the probability that the person is a man or a heavy smoker.

• A) 0.545
• B) 0.506
• C) 0.585
• D) 0.472

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