A 2001 Agriculture Department Study of More Than 9,400 Samples

Short Answer

A 2001 Agriculture Department study of more than 9,400 samples from more than 20 crops showed that 72% of conventionally grown foods had residues from at least one pesticide. Moreover, conventionally grown foods were six times as likely to contain multiple pesticides as organic foods. Of the organic foods tested, 23% had pesticide residues, which include 8% with multiple pesticide residues. Compute two probability distributions: one for conventional produce and one for organic produce, showing the estimated probabilities that a randomly selected product has no pesticide, has residues from a single pesticide, and has residues from multiple pesticides.
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Round your answers to two decimal places, if necessary.
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The probability distribution for conventional produce, showing the estimated probabilities that a randomly selected product has no pesticide is __________, has residues from a single pesticide is __________, has residues from multiple pesticides is __________.
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The probability distribution for organic produce, showing the estimated probabilities that a randomly selected product has no pesticide is __________, has residues from a single pesticide is __________, has residues from multiple pesticides is __________.