Question

In a certain year congress begin debated a new healthcare bill a poll of 1000 Americans at the time indicated that 449 opposed to bill 293 favor the bill and 258 we’re not sure based on these results assume you asked a randomly selected American this question express your answer as exact decimal(B) what is the probability that a randomly selected American was not in support of the bill? The probability that a randomly selected American was not in support of the bill was

Answer 1

Step 1

The total number of Americans from the poll who opposed the bill where 449 and 258 were not sure.

The total number of Americans in the poll = 1000

Probability is defined as;

$Pr(event)=\frac{number\text{ of required events}}{Total\text{ number of events}}$

Number of required events= Those not in support of the bill = 449+258=707

Total number of events= 1000

Hence the probability that a randomly selected American was not in support of the bill was

$Pr(not\text{ in support of bill\rparen=}\frac{707}{1000}=0.707$