2. Select a first-year college student at random and ask what his or her academic rankwas in high school. Here are the probabilities, based on proportions from a large samplesurvey of first-year students:Rank:Top 20% Second 20% Third 20% Fourth 20% Lowest 20%Probability: 0.440.260.230.060.01(a) What is the sum of these probabilities? Why do you expect the sum tohave this value?(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen first-year college studentwas not in the top 20% of his or her high school class?(c) What is the probability that a first-year student was in the top 40% in highschool?

2. Select a first-year college student at random and ask what his or her academic rank was in high school. Here are the probabilities, based on proportions from a large sample survey of first-year students: Rank: Probability: Top 20% Second 20% Third 20% Fourth 20% Lowest 20% 0.44 0.26 0.23 0.06 0.01 (a) What is the sum of these probabilities? Why do you expect the sum to have this value? (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen first-year college student was not in the top 20% of his or her high school class? (c) What is the probability that a first-year student was in the top 40% in high

2. Select a first-year college student at random and ask what his or her academic rank was in high school. Here are the probabilities, based on proportions from a large sample survey of first-year students: Rank: Probability: Top 20% Second 20% Third 20% Fourth 20% Lowest 20% 0.44 0.26 0.23 0.06 0.01 (a) What is the sum of these probabilities? Why do you expect the sum to have this value? (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen first-year college student was not in the top 20% of his or her high school class? (c) What is the probability that a first-year student was in the top 40% in high

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