Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321755936
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-593-3

Chapter 3 - Probability - Supplementary Exercises 3.154 - 3.199 - Applying the Concepts - Intermediate - Page 174: 3.187a

Answer

$P$(Man never smoked cigars and died from cancer) = $\frac{782}{137243}$ = $0.5698$%.

Work Step by Step

$P$(an Event)= no. of Favorable outcomes / Total outcomes. No of favorable outcomes = man never smoked cigars and died from cancer = 782 men. Total Outcomes = Total men in the study = 137243 men.
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