The Following Table Shows the Average Percentage Increase in the Price

Multiple Choice

The following table shows the average percentage increase in the price of a house from 1980 to 2001 in 9 regions of the U.S. $\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { New England } & 300 \\\hline \text { Pacific } & 225 \\\hline \text { Middle Atlantic } & 225 \\\hline \text { South Atlantic } & 175 \\\hline \text { Mountain } & 175 \\\hline \text { West North Central } & 100 \\\hline \text { West South Central } & 75 \\\hline \text { East North Central } & 175 \\\hline \text { East South Central } & 100 \\\hline\end{array}$

Let X be the percentage increase in the price of a house in a randomly selected region.
What is the probability that, in a randomly selected region, the percentage increase in the cost of a house exceeded 200%

A) $P ( X > 200 ) = \frac { 1 } { 9 }$
B) $P ( X > 200 ) = \frac { 2 } { 3 }$
C) $P ( X > 200 ) = \frac { 1 } { 3 }$
D) $P ( X > 200 ) = \frac { 1 } { 2 }$
E) $P ( X > 200 ) = \frac { 2 } { 9 }$