Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-11905-571-7
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Chapter 4 - Section 4.3 - Marginal Probability, Conditional Probability, and Related Probability Concepts - Exercises - Page 149: 4.37

Answer

P(drinks coffee without sugar) = $\frac{200}{500}$ = 0.4 P(men)= $\frac{290}{500}$ = 0.58 P(men|drinks coffee without sugar) = $\frac{130}{200}$ =0.65 Since the two probabilities are not equal, the two events are dependent.

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