Find the Indicated Probability

question 106

Multiple Choice

Find the indicated probability.
-The table below describes the smoking habits of a group of asthma sufferers. If two different people are randomly selected from the 865 subjects, find the probability that they are both heavy smokers. Round to six decimal places.

• A) 0.001637
• B) 0.0001524
• C) 0.9913
• D) 0.008671

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