Which of the following comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings? Do you believe that human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but that God has guided the process? Do you think that human beings have developed over millions of years, and that God had no part in the process? Or do you believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years or so? When asked these questions, the proportions of Americans with varying opinions are approximately as shown in the table.

Suppose that one person is randomly selected and his or her opinion on this question is recorded.
a. What are the simple events in the experiment?
b. Are the simple events in part a equally likely? If not, what are the probabilities?
c. What is the probability that the person feels that God had some part in the creation of humans?
d. What is the probability that the person feels that God had no part in the process?

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Opinion Guided by God God had no part God created in present form 46 No opinion Proportion .36 .13 05