The following table gives the numbers of claims at a large insurance company by kind and by geographic region.     East South Midwest West Hospitalization Physician’s visit Outpatient treatment 75 233 100 128 514 326 29 104 65 52 251 99 Compute column totals and row totals. What do they mean?   If a bill is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is from the Midwest

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Q.1.) The following table gives the numbers of claims at a large insurance company by kind and by geographic region.

 

 

East

South

Midwest

West

Hospitalization

Physician’s visit

Outpatient treatment

75

233

100

128

514

326

29

104

65

52

251

99

Compute column totals and row totals. What do they mean?

 

  1. If a bill is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is from the Midwest?
  2. What is the probability that a randomly chosen bill is from the East?
  3. What is the probability that a randomly chosen bill is either from the Midwest

or from the South? What is the relation between these two events?

  1. What is the probability that a randomly chosen bill is for hospitalization?
  2. Given that a bill is for hospitalization, what is the probability that it is from the South?
  3. Given that a bill is from the East, what is the probability that it is for a physician’s visit?
  4. Given that a bill is for outpatient treatment, what is the probability that it is from the West?
  5. What is the probability that a randomly chosen bill is either from the East or for outpatient treatment (or both)?
  6. What is the probability that a randomly selected bill is either for hospitalization or from the South (or both)?

 

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