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The Following Table Shows the Results of a Survey of 370

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The following table shows the results of a survey of 370 authors by a (fictitious) publishing company:  New  Authors  Established  Authors  Total  Successful 602080 Unsuccessful 140150290 Total 200170370\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 } & 60 & 20 & 80 \\\hline \text { Unsuccessful } & 140 & 150 & 290 \\\hline \text { Total } & 200 & 170 & 370 \\\hline\end{array} A new author is chosen at random.
Compute the estimated probability of the event that the new author is unsuccessful.


A) 1437\frac { 14 } { 37 }
B) 710\frac { 7 } { 10 }
C) 310\frac { 3 } { 10 }
D) 2037\frac { 20 } { 37 }
E) 1429\frac { 14 } { 29 }

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