Last year, at Northern Manufacturing Company, 200people had colds during the year. One hundred fifty-five people who did no exercising had colds, and theremainder of the people with colds were involved ina weekly exercise program. Half of the 1,000 em-ployees were involved in some type of exercise.(a) What is the probability that an employee willhave a cold next year?(b) Given that an employee is involved in an exer-cise program, what is the probability that he orshe will get a cold next year?(c) What is the probability that an employee who isnot involved in an exercise program will get acold next year?(d) Are exercising and getting a cold independentevents? Explain your answer.

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