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The following table represents the highest educational attainment of all adultresidents in a certain town. If a resident who has completed only a bachelor's degreeis chosen at/random, what is the probability that they are aged 50 or over? Roundyour answer to the nearest thousandth.Age 20-29 Age 30-39 Age 40-49 Age 50 & overTotalHigh school only144394155416144552Some college127813528612092558397759163819334139Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree11176833375522689Total481535672390619116963Answer:Submit Answer

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Given that, a resident who has completed only a bachelor's degree

is chosen at random.

To find the probability that a resident who has completed only a bachelor's degree are aged 50 and above.

Number of students who has completed only a bachelor's degree and are aged 50 and above =1933

Total number of students who have completed bachelor's degree is 4139.

Probability is defined as,


P=\frac{\text{Desired outcomes}}{\text{total outcomes}}
\begin{gathered} P=(1933)/(4139) \\ =0.4670 \end{gathered}

So, the probability that a resident who has completed only a bachelor's degree are aged 50 and above is 0.4670

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