The contingency table below summarizes a survey of 1,000 bottled beverage consumers.     Lives in a state with a deposit law   Lives in a state with no deposit law   Row Total Recycles beverage bottles   142       199       341   Does not recycle beverage bottles   62       597       659   Column Total   204       796       1,000       Find the following probabilities or percentages:   (a) Probability that a consumer recycles beverage bottles. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)   P(Recycles)                (b) Probability that a consumer who lives in a state with a deposit law does not recycle. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)   P(Don’t Recycle | Lives in Deposit Law State)                (c) Percentage of consumers who recycle and live in a state with a deposit law. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)   Percentage of consumers              %

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The contingency table below summarizes a survey of 1,000 bottled beverage consumers.
 

  Lives in a state with a deposit law   Lives in a state with no deposit law   Row Total
Recycles beverage bottles   142       199       341  
Does not recycle beverage bottles   62       597       659  
Column Total   204       796       1,000  
 

 
Find the following probabilities or percentages:
 
(a) Probability that a consumer recycles beverage bottles. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
 
P
(Recycles)           

 

 
(b) 
Probability that a consumer who lives in a state with a deposit law does not recycle. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
 
P
(Don’t Recycle | Lives in Deposit Law State)           
 

 
(c) 
Percentage of consumers who recycle and live in a state with a deposit law. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
 
Percentage of consumers           
 
%
 
(d) 
Percentage of consumers in states with a deposit law who recycle. (Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.)
 
Percentage of consumers           
 
%

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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