Question

Voting age

17-29 30-44 45-64 65+
9 8 32 15
What is the probability that a voter is younger than 45?

Answer 1

`(17)/(64)\approx 0.27`

Explanation:

We have been given a table to voters and their ages. We are asked to find the probability that a voter is younger than 45.

Voting age Voters

17-29 9

30-44 8

45-64 32

65+ 15

We can see from our given table that age of 17 (9+8) voters is between 17 to 44 years.

To find the probability that a voter is younger than 45, we will divide 17 by total number of voters.

`\text{Total voters}=9+8+32+15=64`

`\text{Probability that a voter is younger than 45}=(17)/(64)`

`\text{Probability that a voter is younger than 45}=0.265625`

`\text{Probability that a voter is younger than 45}\approx 0.27`

Therefore, the probability that a voter is younger than 45 is 0.27.