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6. The Center for Child Care reports on 539 children and the marital status of
their parents. There are 333 married, 182 divorced, and 24 widowed parents.
What is the probability a particular child chosen at random will have a parent
who is divorced? Which approach did you use?

Respuesta :

Answer:

0.338

Explanation:

The probability of an event happening is between o and 1.  A 1 guarantees the event will happen while 0 means it won't happen.

In this case, The total number of students is 539.  One hundred eighty-two have divorced parents. The probability of getting a child with divorced parents is 182 in a population of 539.  

It is represented as a decimal as below

=182/539

=0.33766

=0.338