MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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The distribution for the size of families in one U.S. city is shown below.
Size Proportion
2 0.422
3 0.234
4 0.205
5 0.088
6 0.032
7+ 0.019
A family is selected at random.
Find the probability that the size of the family is at least 3.
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