Question

The table below shows the educational attainment of a​ country's population, aged 25 and over. Use the data in the​ table, expressed in​ millions, to find the probability that a randomly selected​ citizen, aged 25 or​ over, had some college left parenthesis less than 4 years right parenthesis.
Less Than
4 Years
High School
4 Years
High School
Only
Some College
​(Less Than
4​ Years)
4 Years
College
​(or More)
Total
Male
13
24
20
23
80
Female
16
32
25
18
91
Total
29
56
45
41
171

Answer 1

Count with some college (less than 4 years) = 45 million. Total = 171 million.

Probability = 45/171 = 5/19 ≈ 0.2632 ≈ 26.32%.