In a survey of 26,612 people, the following question was asked: How do workers get ahead? The results of the survey are as follows. Answer Internal politics Hard work Initiative Creativity Respondents 13,572 7,185 4,770 1,085 (a) Determine the empirical probability distribution associated with these data. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) Answer Internal politics Hard work Initiative Creativity Probability         (b) What is the probability that a participant in the survey selected at random answered that one gets ahead at work through hard work? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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In a survey of 26,612 people, the following question was asked: How do workers get ahead? The results of the survey are as follows.

Answer Internal politics Hard work Initiative Creativity
Respondents 13,572 7,185 4,770 1,085
(a) Determine the empirical probability distribution associated with these data. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
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(b) What is the probability that a participant in the survey selected at random answered that one gets ahead at work through hard work? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

 

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