A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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To investigate how often families eat at home, Harris Interactive surveyed adults living with children under the age of 18. The survey results are shown in the following table.
Number of Family Meals per Week |
Number of Survey Responses |
0 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
28 |
3 |
35 |
4 |
30 |
5 |
115 |
6 |
118 |
7 or more |
145 |
For randomly selected family with children under the age of 18, compute the
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