A Gallup Poll of U.S. adults indicated that Kentucky is the state with the highest percentage of smokers (Gallup.com, December 2015). Consider the following example data from the Tri-State region, an area that comprises northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, and southwestern Ohio.

a. Use the data to compute the probability that an adult in the Tri-State region smokes.
b. What is the probability of an adult in each state of the Tri-State region being a smoker? Which state in the Tri-State region has the lowest probability of an adult being a smoker?

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Smoker 47 32 39 118 Non-Smoker 176 134 182 492 State Kentucky Indiana Ohio Total: