A national polling company polled Canadians about their coffee consumption and made the following discovery: 80% of Canadians have at least one cup of coffee a day. Two Canadians are randomly chosen on a randomly chosen day. What is the probability Part (a) both consume at least one cup of coffee on the chosen day?  (Use four decimals in your answer) Part (b) Refer to the two Canadians chosen in part (a). Compute the probability that neither consumes any coffee over the course of the chosen day.  (Use four decimals)

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A national polling company polled Canadians about their coffee consumption and made the following discovery: 80% of Canadians have at least one cup of coffee a day. Two Canadians are randomly chosen on a randomly chosen day. What is the probability

Part (a) both consume at least one cup of coffee on the chosen day?  (Use four decimals in your answer)

Part (b) Refer to the two Canadians chosen in part (a). Compute the probability that neither consumes any coffee over the course of the chosen day.  (Use four decimals)

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