John and Lauren are looking for a good neighborhood to raise their children. They want neighbors who have kids and who are fellow rollerbladers as well. The couple surveys a random sample of residents in a
nice-looking neighborhood. Their results are shown below.
Matthew, Patrick, and Susan live in the neighborhood. Matthew rollerblades every Sunday. Patrick is a
computer programmer, but that's all we know about him. Susan is a stay-at-home mom.
Calculate the following probabilities based on the frequency table below.
Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
Probability that Matthew doesn't have kids=
%
Probability that Patrick has kids and does not rollerblade =
Probability that Susan rollerblades =
%
%
Kids
No kids
Row total
Rollerblader
41
9
50
Not a rollerblader
3
9
12
Column total
44
-18
62