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Some Argue That Millions of Americans Are So Hooked on Television

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Some argue that millions of Americans are so hooked on television that their viewing habits fit the criteria for substance abuse, as defined in the official psychiatric manual. Choose a young person (age 19 to 25) at random and ask, "In the past seven days, how many days did you watch television?" Call the response X for short. Here is a probability model for the response:
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 Days X01234567 Probability 0.040.030.060.080.090.080.05?\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Days } X & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\\hline \text { Probability } & 0.04 & 0.03 & 0.06 & 0.08 & 0.09 & 0.08 & 0.05 & ? \\\hline\end{array} What is the probability that a randomly selected student did not watch TV 7 days in the past week?


A) 0.43
B) 0.57
C) 6/7
D) 7/8

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