Question: The following table shows the 300 employees of a small manufacturing company cross-classified on the basis of age and job category. Job Category Age Production

The following table shows the 300 employees of a small manufacturing company cross-classified on the basis of age and job category.

Job Category
Age Production Sales Office Total
25 50 2 50 102
25 - 40 70 24 50 144
> 40 40 4 10 54
Total 160 30 110 300

An employee is selected at random from this population.Calculate the probability that he/she is

  1. Over 40 years of age.

  1. A production worker and office worker.

  1. A sales worker.

  1. Less than 25 given that he/she is a sales worker.

  1. A production worker or over 40 (or both).

Note: Show both fractions and decimals (round off to two decimal places) for your answers!!!

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