empirical probability   two way table       Consider the following two-way table  representing the weather at a certain location on 300 days      No Rain Little Rain (<1 in) Rain (>1 in)   Sunny 175 15 0 190 Cloudy 43 32 35 110   218 47 35 300

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Consider the following two-way table  representing the weather at a certain location on 300 days 

 

  No Rain Little Rain (<1 in) Rain (>1 in)  
Sunny 175 15 0 190
Cloudy 43 32 35 110
  218 47 35 300

 

Find each of the probabilities

 

 

a) Probability of a sunny day,  Pr (Sunny)

 

b) Probability of no rain OR litte rain   Pr( No rain OR Little rain) 

 

c) Probability of a sunny day OR day with No rain , Pr (Sunny  OR  No Rain) 

 

d)  Probability of Not having a day without rain   Pr( NOT No rain)

 

 

 

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