Find the Indicated Probability
-The Table Below Describes the Smoking

question 150

Multiple Choice

Find the indicated probability
-The table below describes the smoking habits of a group of asthma sufferers. $\begin{array}{r|cccc} && \text {light}& \text {heavy}\\& \text { Nonsmoker } & \text { smoker} & \text { smoker } & \text {Total } \\\hline \text { Men } & 341 & 45 & 36 & 422 \\\text { Women } & 383 & 38 & 37 & 458 \\\text { Total } & 724 & 83 & 73 & 880\end{array}$
If two different people are randomly selected from the 880 subjects, find the probability that they are both heavy smokers.

• A) \(0.006881\)
• B) \(0.0001877\)
• C) \(0.006795\)
• D) \(0.001674\)

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