A city planner surveyed 140 residents. For each, the planner recorded whether the resident owns a car and whether the resident lives alone. The results are summarized in the table below.   Alone Not alone Car 8 17 No car 31 84 Suppose a resident from the survey is chosen at random. Answer each part. Do not round intermediate computations, and round your answers to the nearest hundredth. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) (a)What is the probability that the resident does not live alone?   (b)What is the probability that the resident owns a car or does not live alone?

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A city planner surveyed

140

residents. For each, the planner recorded whether the resident owns a car and whether the resident lives alone. The results are summarized in the table below.

 
Alone
Not alone
Car
8
17
No car
31
84

Suppose a resident from the survey is chosen at random.
Answer each part. Do not round intermediate computations, and round your answers to the nearest hundredth.

(If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

(a)What is the probability that the resident does not live alone?
 
(b)What is the probability that the resident owns a car or does not live alone?
 

 

 

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