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A snack cracker company conducted a taste test for the three different types of crackers it makes. It surveyed
Age | Cracker A | Cracker B | Cracker C |
Under | |||
Calculate the probability that a participant chose cracker A or was under
years old. Show how you used the Addition Rule. If the question says 'or' you must subtract the probability of 'and'.
% What is the probability that a participant did not choose cracker A and was over
years old? Show how you used a complement to answer this problem. To use the complement, reverse the method you used in part (a).
Subtractand from the total. What is the probability that a participant was
years old or older. Show how you used a complement to answer this problem. Use the same method from part (b).
A randomly-selected participant says he is
years old. What is the probability that he chose cracker A? Each age group only has
participants. %