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Social sciences: Smoking and Income Based on a recent study, the probability that so...

Social sciences: Smoking and Income Based on a recent study, the probability that someone is a smoker decreases with the person’s income. If someone’s family income is x thousand dollars, then the probability (expressed as a percentage) that the person smokes is approximately y = -0.31x + 40 (for 10 ≤x ≤ 100).

a. Graph this line on the window [0, 100] by [0, 50].

b. What is the probability that a person with a family income of $40,000 is a smoker? [Hint: Since x is in thousands of dollars, what x-value corresponds to $40,000?]

c. What is the probability that a person with a family income of $70,000 is a smoker?

Round your answers to the nearest percent.

Source: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 21(2/3)

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