A fast-food restaurant chain has 574 outlets in the United States. The following table categorizes them by city population size and location, and presents the number of restaurants in each category. A restaurant is to be chosen at random from the 574 to test market a new menu. Round your answers to four decimal places.   Populationof City Region NE SE SW NW Under  50,000 34 31 12 2 −50,000500,000 57 89 66 32 Over  500,000 151 23 26 51             (a) Given that the restaurant is located in a city with a population over  500,000, what is the probability that it is in the Northeast?

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 A fast-food restaurant chain has 574 outlets in the United States. The following table categorizes them by city population size and location, and presents the number of restaurants in each category. A restaurant is to be chosen at random from the 574 to test market a new menu. Round your answers to four decimal places.

 

Population
of City
Region
NE SE SW NW
Under 
50,000
34
31
12
2
−50,000500,000
57
89
66
32
Over 
500,000
151
23
26
51
         

 

(a) Given that the restaurant is located in a city with a population over 

500,000, what is the probability that it is in the Northeast?
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