Question

A survey of showed that 6% of families-1 child, 38% -2, 42%-3 and 10%-3 or more. A family is selected at random. What is the probability that it has some children?

Answer 1

When a family is selected at random, the probability that it has some children is `96%` or `0.96`.

Explanation:

As `6%` families have `1` child,

`38%` families have `2` children,

`42%` families have `3` children and

`10%` families have more than `3` children,

This means that `6%+38%+42%+10%=96%` have one or more children

Hence, when a family is selected at random, the probability that it has some children is `96%` or `0.96`.