Nobel Prize Winners. The National Science Foundation collects data on Nobel Prize Laureates in the field of science and the date and location of their award-winning research. A frequency distribution for the number of winners, by country, for the years 1901-2003 is as follows.
|
Country
|
Winners
|
|
United States
|
219
|
|
United Kingdom
|
76
|
|
Germany
|
63
|
|
France
|
25
|
|
Soviet Union
|
12
|
|
Japan
|
8
|
|
Other Countries
|
91
|
Suppose that a recipient of a Nobel Prize in science between 1901-2003 is selected at random. Find the probability that the Nobel Laureate is from
a. Japan.
b. either France or Germany.
c. any country other than the United States.