Answer the following questions by referring to the accompanying table, which lists the highway patrol’s reasons for stopping cars and the numbers of tickets issued. 

Assume that a car was stopped.
(a) What is the probability that a ticket was issued?

(b) What is the probability that the car did not have taillights?

(c) What is the probability that a driver will get a ticket, given that he or she was stopped for careless driving?

(d) What is the probability that the person was stopped for speeding or for failure to use signals?

(e) Given that a ticket was not issued, what is the probability that the person was stopped for speeding?

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Reason for Stopping Car Speeding No taillights Failure to use signals Careless driving Total Issued Ticket 40 10 5 45 100 Did Not Issue Ticket 170 35 25 70 300 Total 210 45 30 115 400