A random sample of 200 college students was asked to respond…
A random sample of 200 college students was asked to respond to a survey about how they spend their free time on a weeknight. One question, summarized in the table below, asked each respondent to choose the one activity that they are most likely to participate in on a Wednesday afternoon/evening. The activity choices included homework, housework, outside employment, recreation, and other activities.If one person is chosen randomly from the group, what is the probability that the person was male and doing housework on a Wednesday afternoon/evening? (round to the nearest thousandth) 1.
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Solve the problem.Is the following an example of theoretical probability or empirical probability? A fisherman notes that eight out of ten times that he uses a certain lure he catches a fish within an hour. He concludes that the probability that the lure will catch a fish on his fishing next trip is about 80%
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Solve the problem.A bag contains 9 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 9 green marbles. Jeffery claims that if a marble is selected at random from the bag, the probability of choosing a blue marble is . Is this an example of empirical probability or theoretical probability?
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