According to the data presented in the table above, if you were to choose a person at random out of the entire population aged 25 years or older in county T, what is the approximate probability that the person you chose is a man with a doctoral degree (given as a percent)?
A. 2%
B. 7%
C. 28%
D. 51%
Answer:B
According to the data presented in the table above, if you were to choose a person at random out of the entire population aged 25 years or older in county T, what is the approximate probability that the person you chose is a man with a doctoral degree (given as a percent)?
A. 2% B. 7% C. 28% D. 51%
Explanation: B We are looking for the probability that a randomly selected person is a man with a doctoral degree. There are 16,232 men with doctoral degrees, and 220,532 total adults aged 25 years or older. So the probability that a randomly selected person fits the category we are looking for is = 0.07 = 7%, which is (B).