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Student admissions are based on the following table, which shows the profile, by Math SAT I scores, of admitted students at some university for the Fall 2004 semester. Determine the theoretical probability of the event: "An applicant who had a Math SAT of 700 or above was admitted." (Round your answer to the nearest 0.01) . 200399400499500599600699700800 Total  Admitted 62121,1502,8825,3769,626 Not  Admitted 7953,5088,91712,2305,15030,600 Total  Applicants 8013,72010,06715,11210,52640,226\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \mathbf { 2 0 0 } - \mathbf { 3 9 9 } & \mathbf { 4 0 0 } - \mathbf { 4 9 9 } & \mathbf { 5 0 0 } - \mathbf { 5 9 9 } & \mathbf { 6 0 0 } - \mathbf { 6 9 9 } & \mathbf { 7 0 0 } - \mathbf { 8 0 0 } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Admitted } & 6 & 212 & 1,150 & 2,882 & 5,376 & 9,626 \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Not } \\\text { Admitted }\end{array} & 795 & 3,508 & 8,917 & 12,230 & 5,150 & 30,600 \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Total } \\\text { Applicants }\end{array} & 801 & 3,720 & 10,067 & 15,112 & 10,526 & 40,226 \\\hline\end{array}


A) 0.50
B) 0.49
C) 0.47
D) 0.53
E) 0.51

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