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Three businesses in a suburb responded to a questionnaire asking how many people

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Question

Three businesses in a suburb responded to a questionnaire asking how many people paid for their purchases last month using cash, credit cards, and debit cards. A customer who makes a purchase is selected randomly from the sample summarized in the table.   Use this information to answer the first 9 questions.

Round your final answers to the nearest thousandth.

Payment Method

Beth’s Coffee House

Michael’s PC Repair and Sales

John’s Medical Supply

Total

Cash

304

140

23

467

Debit Card

456

166

219

841

Credit Card

380

257

102

739

Total

1140

563

344

2047

5. Find the probability that the customer used cash or shopped at John’s Medical Supply

6. Find the probability that the customer used cash knowing that they shopped at John’s Medical Supply.

7. Find the probability that the customer shopped at John’s Medical Supply knowing that they used cash.  

Payment Method

Beth’s Coffee House

Michael’s PC Repair and Sales

John’s Medical Supply

Total

Cash

304

140

23

467

Debit Card

456

166

219

841

Credit Card

380

257

102

739

Total

1140

563

344

2047

Explanation / Answer

5. P(Used Cash or Shopped at John's Medical Supply)

= 467/2047 + 344/2047 - 23/2047

= 788/2047

= 0.385

6. P(Cash| John's Medical Supply) = 23/344 = 0.067

7. P(John's medical supply| Cash) = 23/467 = 0.049

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