Chapter 3.1, Problem 8E

a)

To determine

Check whether living below poverty and speaking a foreign language at home are disjoint or not.

b)

To determine

Construct a Venn diagram for summarizing the variables and their corresponding probabilities.

c)

To determine

Find the percent of Americans who live below poverty line and only speak English at home.

d)

To determine

Find the percent of Americans who live below the poverty line or speak a foreign language at home.

e)

To determine

Find the percent of Americans who live above the poverty line and only speak English at home.

f)

To determine

Check whether the events, someone lives below the poverty line and the person speaks a foreign language at home, are independent or not.