Question 4.30

4.30 Support for casino in Toronto.

In an effort to seek the public's input on the establishment of a casino, Toronto's city council enlisted an independent analytics research company to conduct a public survey. A random sample of 902 adult Toronto residents were asked if they support the casino in Toronto.8 Here are the results:

Response Strongly
support
Somewhat
support
Mixed
feelings
Probability 0.16 0.26 ?
Response Somewhat
oppose
Strongly
oppose
Don't
know
Probability 0.14 0.36 0.01
  1. What probability should replace “?” in the distribution?
  2. What is the probability that a randomly chosen adult Toronto resident supports (strongly or somewhat) a casino?