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Determine whether the events are mutually exclusive.
-The table below describes the smoking habits of a group of asthma sufferers.  Occasional  Regular  Heavy  Nonsmoker  smoker  smoker  smoker  Total  Men 370456139515 Women 443398438604 Total 81384145771119\begin{array} { r | c c c c r } && \text { Occasional } & \text { Regular } &{ \text { Heavy } } \\& \text { Nonsmoker } & \text { smoker } &\text { smoker }&\text { smoker }& \text { Total } \\ \hline \text { Men } & 370 & 45 & 61 & 39 & 515 \\\text { Women } & 443 & 39 & 84 & 38 & 604 \\\text { Total } & 813 & 84 & 145 & 77 & 1119\end{array} If one of the 1119 people is randomly selected, find the probability of getting a regular or heavy smoker.


A) 0.198
B) 0.130
C) 0.450
D) 0.089

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