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The Following Table Shows the Results of a Survey of 360

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The following table shows the results of a survey of 360 authors by a (fictitious) publishing company:  New  Authors  Established  Authors  Total  Successful 504090 Unsuccessful 120150270 Total 170190360\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \begin{array} { l } \text { New } \\\text { Authors }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Established } \\\text { Authors }\end{array} & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Successful } & 50 & 40 & 90 \\\hline \text { Unsuccessful } & 120 & 150 & 270 \\\hline \text { Total } & 170 & 190 & 360 \\\hline\end{array} A successful author is chosen at random.
Compute the estimated probability of the event that the successful author is established.


A) 59\frac { 5 } { 9 }
B) 1936\frac { 19 } { 36 }
C) 49\frac { 4 } { 9 }
D) 519\frac { 5 } { 19 }
E) 19\frac { 1 } { 9 }

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