According to Consumer Digest (July/August 1996), the probable location of personal com-puters (PC) in the home is as follows:1Adult bedroom: 0.03Child bedroom: 0.15Other bedroom: 0.14Office or den: 0.40Other rooms: 0.28(a) What is the probability that a PC is in a bedroom?(b) What is the probability that it is not in a bedroom?(c) Suppose a household is selected at random from households with a PC; in what roomwould you expect to find a PC?

(a) What is the probability that a PC is in a bedroom? (b) What is the probability that it is not in a bedroom? (c) Suppose a household is selected at random from households with a PC; in what room would you expect to find a PC?

(a) What is the probability that a PC is in a bedroom? (b) What is the probability that it is not in a bedroom? (c) Suppose a household is selected at random from households with a PC; in what room would you expect to find a PC?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events

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According to Consumer Digest (July/August 1996), the probable location of personal com-
puters (PC) in the home is as follows:
1
Adult bedroom: 0.03
Child bedroom: 0.15
Other bedroom: 0.14
Office or den: 0.40
Other rooms: 0.28
(a) What is the probability that a PC is in a bedroom?
(b) What is the probability that it is not in a bedroom?
(c) Suppose a household is selected at random from households with a PC; in what room
would you expect to find a PC?

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