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Suppose the percent of licensed U.S. drivers (from a recent year) that are female is 48.30. Of the females, 6.02% are age 19 and under; 80.79% are age 20-64; 13.19% are age 65 or over. Of the licensed U.S. male drivers, 5.68% are age 19 and under; 79.86% are age 20-64; 14.46% are age 65 or over.
Suppose that 10,000 U.S. licensed drivers are randomly selected.
Suppose that 10,000 U.S. licensed drivers are randomly selected.
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How many drivers would you expect to be male?
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Part (b)
Using a tree diagram of the given situation, construct acontingency table of gender versus age group. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)19 and under 20-64 65 and over Total Female Male Total 10,000 -
Part (c)
Using a contingency table, find theprobability that out of the age 20-64 group, a randomly selected driver is female. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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