Suppose the data below represent, in thousands, the type of health insurance cov

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Suppose the data below represent, in thousands, the type of health insurance coverage of people by age. Determine P(18 years old) and P "18 years old" and "no health insurance" independent? 18 years old no health insurance). Are the events 18 18-44 45-64 64 Total Private health insurance Government health insurance 20,824 2.245 10,646 34,691 No health insurance Total 204,341 78,406 48,334 331,081 46.426 77,995 59.227 20,693 541 75,156 7,108 82,892 55,925 7,906 26,868 13.019 P( 18 years old)- Round to three decimal places as needed.) P(

Explanation / Answer

P(<18 years old) = 75156/331081 = 0.227

P(< 18 years old | No health insurance) = 7906/48334 = 0.164

Since the above two probabilities aren't equal, the events will be dependent.

Hence,

The answer is No.

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