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A group of people were asked if they had run a red light in the last year. 449 responded "yes", and 298 responded "no". Find the probability that if a person is chosen at random, they have run a red light
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A group of people were asked if they had run a red light in the last year. 449 responded "yes", and 298

responded "no".
Find the probability that if a person is chosen at random, they have run a red light in the last year.
Give your answer as a fraction or decimal accurate to at least 3 decimal places

A group of people were asked if they had run a red light in the last year. 449 responded-example-1
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Well, first you have to see how many people voted 440+298=747
Now, we know how many people voted 747

To find the probability of a person chosen at random, to which they have ran a red light is 449/747 or 0.601
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