Canadas national statistics agency, Statistics Canada, saysthat the land area of

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Canadas national statistics agency, Statistics Canada, saysthat the land area of Canada is 9,094,000 square kilometers. Of this land, 4,176,000 square kilometers are forested. Choose asquare kilometer of land in Canada at random. (a.) What is the probability that the area you choose isforested? (b.) What is the probability that it is not forested? Canadas national statistics agency, Statistics Canada, saysthat the land area of Canada is 9,094,000 square kilometers. Of this land, 4,176,000 square kilometers are forested. Choose asquare kilometer of land in Canada at random. (a.) What is the probability that the area you choose isforested? (b.) What is the probability that it is not forested?

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(a) p=4176000/9094000= 0.4592 (b) p = (9094000-4176000)/9094000 = 0.5408

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