Question

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported about a study of smokers in California and Hawaii. In one part of the report, the self-reported ethnicity and smoking levels per day were given. Of the people smoking at most ten cigarettes per day, there were $9886$African Americans, $2745$Native Hawaiians, $12831$Latinos, $8378$Japanese Americans, and localid="1650467080712" $7650\text{Whites.Ofthepeoplesmoking}11to20$cigarettes per day, there were localid="1650466739946" $6514$African Americans, $3062$Native Hawaiians, $4932$Latinos, $10680$10,680 Japanese Americans, and $9877$Whites. Of the people smoking $21to30$cigarettes per day, there were localid="1650467001892" $167\text{AfricanAmericans,}1419$Native Hawaiians, $1406$Latinos, $4715$Japanese Americans, and $6062$Whites. Of the people smoking at least $31$cigarettes per day, there were $759$African Americans, $788$Native Hawaiians, $800$Latinos, $2305$Japanese Americans, and $3970$Whites.

Complete the table using the data provided. Suppose that one person from the study is randomly selected. Find the probability that person smoked $11to20$cigarettes per day.

Short answer

The completed table is :

Step-by-step solution

Given information

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported about a study of smokers in California and Hawaii. In one part of the report, the self-reported ethnicity and smoking levels per day were given. Of the people smoking at most ten cigarettes per day, there were $9886$African Americans, $2745$Native Hawaiians, $12831$Latinos, $8378$Japanese Americans, and $7650$Whites. Of the people smoking $11to20$cigarettes per day, there were $6514$African Americans, $3062$Native Hawaiians, $4932$Latinos, $10680$10,680 Japanese Americans, and $9877$Whites. Of the people smoking $21to30$cigarettes per day, there were $1671$African Americans, $1419$Native Hawaiians, $1406$Latinos, $4715$Japanese Americans, and $6062$Whites. Of the people smoking at least $31$cigarettes per day, there were $759$African Americans, $788$Native Hawaiians, $800$Latinos, $2305$Japanese Americans, and$3970$ Whites

Calculation

We have given all the data to fill the above table is given in the question, like out of those who smokes at most $10$cigarettes, role="math" localid="1650467908032" $9886\text{areAfricanAmerican,}2745$are native Hawaiian similarly other details are also given in the question and with the help of which we have completed the given table.

Final answer

The completed table is :