5.65 Housing Units. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes data on housing units in Am

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5.65 Housing Units. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes data on housing units in American Housing Survey for the United States. The following table provides a frequency distribution for the number of rooms in U.S. housing units. The frequencies are in thousands. RoomsNo. of units 601 1,404 11,433 23,636 30,440 27,779 17,868 19,257 4 8+ For a U.S. housing unit selected at random, let A = event the unit has at most four rooms, B = event the unit has at least two rooms, C - event the unit has between five and seven rooms, inclusive, and D = event the unit has more than seven rooms. Describe each of the following events in words, and determine the number of outcomes (housing units) that constitute each event. a. (not A) b. (A & B) c. (C or D)

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a) Not A will be more than 4 rooms

Not A = 30440+27779+17868+19257

= 95344 no of Housing units in Thousands

b) A &B will be no of roooms 2, 3, 4

A & B = 1404+11433+23636

= 36473 no of Housing units in Thousands

c) C or D will be No of rooms at least 5

C & D = 30440+27779+17868+19257

= 95344 no of Housing units in Thousands

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