Two Hundred People Were Asked If They Had Read a Book

question 55

Multiple Choice

Two hundred people were asked if they had read a book in the last month.The accompanying contingency table,cross-classified by age,is produced. The probability that a respondent read a book in the last month and is at least 30 years old is the closest to _______.

• A) 0.12.
• B) 0.33.
• C) 0.46.
• D) 0.88.

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