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Transcribed Image Text:Lucy observed cars passing on a highway for 1 hour and recorded the data shown below.
Vehicle Probabilities
Type of Vehicle Probability
Pickup Truck
0.24
Sedan
0.47
Sports Utility Vehicle
0.29
Lucy also noted that the probability that a given vehicle is a red pickup truck is 0.06. Assuming that vehicle color and vehicle type are independent, what
is the probability that a given vehicle is red?
O 0.0144
O 0.18
O 0.25
O 0.3
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