The following two-way contingency table gives the breakdown of the population of married or previously married women in a locale according to age at first marriage and number of children:   Number of Children Age 0 1-2 3+ Under 20 0.02 0.15 0.07 20-29 0.07 0.37 0.11 30+ 0.10 0.10 0.01 You select a woman at random. What is the probability the woman was 30 or older at her first marriage? (Round your answer to two decimal places, ex 0.32.)

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The following two-way contingency table gives the breakdown of the population of married or previously married women in a locale according to age at first marriage and number of children:

  Number of Children
Age 0 1-2 3+
Under 20 0.02 0.15 0.07
20-29 0.07 0.37 0.11
30+ 0.10 0.10 0.01

You select a woman at random. What is the probability the woman was 30 or older at her first marriage? (Round your answer to two decimal places, ex 0.32.)

 

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