Marginal and conditional probability


Assignment:

For a marketing survey, 200 customers were classified according to their age (in years) and their favorite type of donut.

Age of Customer

Glazed

Chocolate-covered

Crème-filled

Cake

<21

3

25

10

7

21-30

5

23

26

10

31-45

15

12

3

20

>45

29

5

1

6

(a) What is the probability that a person prefers Creme-filled donut and is age 30 years or less?
(b) What is the probability that either a person’s favorite donut is glazed or that the person is less than 21 year of age?
(c) What is the probability that a person is between 21 and 30 years of age if that person favors chocolate-covered donuts?
(d) Are age and favorite donut independent variables? Why or why not?

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