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Find the Indicated Probability If Two Different People Are Randomly Selected from the 864

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Find the indicated probability.
-The table below describes the smoking habits of a group of asthma sufferers.  Light  Heavy  Nonsmoker  smoker  smoker  Total  Men 3033537375 Women 4133145489 Total 7166682864\begin{array} { r | c c c r } && \text { Light }& \text { Heavy } \\& \text { Nonsmoker } & \text { smoker } & \text { smoker } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Men } & 303 & 35 & 37 & 375 \\\text { Women } & 413 & 31 & 45 & 489 \\\text { Total } & 716 & 66 & 82 & 864\end{array} If two different people are randomly selected from the 864 subjects, find the probability that they are both heavy smokers. Round to six decimal places.


A) 0.001834
B) 0.008908
C) 0.009007
D) 0.0001487

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