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To find: The probability that all three acres will be farmland, find whether the choice of an acre from one state affect the choice from the other states, and write the method to write the percent to find the probability.
Answer to Problem 41PPE
The probability that all acres chosen are farmland is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The given table is as follows.
Percent of State that is Farmland | |
Alabama | |
Florida | |
Indiana |
Calculation:
The events are independent because choosing an acre of land from one state does not affect the choosing an acre of land from the other two states.
Write the percents as fraction which will be their probabilities.
Find the probability that all acres chosen are farmland as follows.
Therefore, the probability that all acres chosen are farmland is
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