In: Statistics and Probability
he article "Chances Are You Know Someone With a Tattoo, and He's Not a Sailor" (Associated Press, June 11, 2006) reported the following approximate probabilities based on a survey of 1000 adults ages 18 to 50:
P(age 18 to 29) = 0.50
P(tattoo) = 0.24
P(tattoo and age 18 to 29) = 0.18
Construct a contingency table and use your table to answer the following question.
What is the probability that a randomly selected 30 to 50 year old has a tattoo?
Write your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest tenth. Be sure to interpret your answer in a complete sentence.