EXAMPLE 20 : PRACTICE Multiplication Rule for AND Events DO AT HOME C = event th

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EXAMPLE 20 : PRACTICE Multiplication Rule for AND Events DO AT HOME C = event that person is a child M = event that person lives in poverty SOURCE: http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/ In the US, b ased on federal poverty level guidelines : 15% of the population live in poverty (are poor) . P( ______ ) = _____ 24% of the population are children P( ______ ) = _____ 22% of children in live in poverty. P( ______ ) = _____ Find the probability that a randomly US resident is a child AND lives in pover t y

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The probability that a randomly US resident is a child AND lives in poverty is:

0.24*0.22

=0.0528

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