Probabilities from proportion tables


Assignment:

The following tables give the proportions of men and women in the U S population, and the proportions of men and women who have never married, in a recent year.

Men
age    proportion in population    proportion never married
18-24    0.133    0.874
25-34    0.205    0.397
35-44    0.232    0.187
45-64    0.287    0.075
65 or over    0.142    0.038

Women
age    proportion in population    proportion never married
18-24    0.123    0.775
25-34    0.194    0.298
35-44    0.219    0.121
45-64    0.284    0.062
65 or over    0.181    0.047

Find the probability that a randomly selected man who has never married is between 35 and 44 years old (inclusive).

Find the probability that a randomly selected woman who has been married is between 18 and 24 (inclusive).

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