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A Courtyard Hotel by Marriott conducted a survey of its guests. Sixty-two surveyors were completed. Based upon the data from the survey, (see attached) determine the following:

a) Two customers are selected. What is the probability that both will be on a business trip?
b) What is the probability that a customer will be on a business trip or will experience a hotel problem during a stay at the Courtyard?
c) What is the probability that a customer on business will have an in-state-area-code phone number?
d) Based on the data, can the Courtyard manager conclude that a customer's rating regarding staff attentiveness is independent of whether he or she is traveling on business, pleasure, or both? Use the rules of probability to make this determination?

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A Courtyard Hotel by Marriott conducted a survey of its guests. Sixty-two surveys were completed. Based upon the data from the survey, (see attached) determine the following:

a) Two customers are selected. What is the probability that both will be on a business trip?

According to the data provided among, there are 36 customers that are on a business trip. The probability that two of them will be on a business trip would be: (n=62, k=36)
Pa= (k/n) ...

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