College Algebra (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Summary, Review, and Test - Review Exercises - Page 790: 88

Answer

$\frac{5}{16}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $probability=\frac{\text{number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{number of all outcomes}}$ The total number of middle income families (the number of all outcomes) is $160$ By using the table, out of the $160$, there are $50$ who went to private colleges, thus there are $50$ "good outcomes". Hence the probability here is: $\frac{50}{160}=\frac{5}{16}$
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