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Question 3

A group of office workers were questioned for a health magazine and 25\displaystyle \frac{2}{5}52​ were found to take regular exercise. When questioned about their eating habits 23\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}32​ said they always eat breakfast and, of those who always eat breakfast 925\displaystyle \frac{9}{25}259​ also took regular exercise.

a.

Find the probability that a randomly selected member of the group always eats breakfast and takes regular exercise.

[2]
b.

Find the probability that a randomly selected member of the group does not always eat breakfast and does not take regular exercise.

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c.

Determine, giving your reason, whether or not always eating breakfast and taking regular exercise are statistically independent.

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