Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 4 - Probability and Counting Rules - 4-1 Sample Spaces and Probability - Exercises 4-1 - Page 200: 32

Answer

$0.69$ and $0.23$

Work Step by Step

Total cases are 74719 (add up all numbers) The number for both parents is 51823, the probability that the child lives with both parents is $p=51823/74719=0.69$ The probability that the child lives with mother only is $p=17283/74719=0.23$
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