Question
III.14. Is college worth the cost? A September 29, 2015, Gallup poll asked recent college graduates (those who obtained their bachelor’s degree beginning in 2006) whether their education was worth the cost. Assume that the results of the poll accurately reflect the opinions of all recent college graduates. Here is the distribution of responses:
| Response: | Agree strongly |
Agree somewhat |
Neither agree nor disagree |
| Probability: | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.17 |
| Response: | Disagree somewhat |
Disagree strongly |
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| Probability: | 0.09 | ? |
(a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen recent college graduate disagrees strongly?
(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen recent college graduate agrees strongly or agrees somewhat that his or her education was worth the cost?