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HELP!!

The following table represents the highest educational attainment of all adult residents in a certain town. If a resident who is 40 or older is chosen at random what is the probability that hey have only completed highschool? ROUND YOUR ANSWER TO THE NEAREST TENTH!!

HELP!! The following table represents the highest educational attainment of all adult-example-1

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Answer: .1 or 12.2%

Explanation:

probability is the part out of the whole

the part = those taken high school only and over 40 =388+1448=1836

the whole are all the people which is 15048

1836/15048=.1 or 12.2%

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