Find the proportion for the given problem

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The data were obtained from 12-18 years old living in households across the country. The teenagers responding to the survey were classified as Never Smoked (NS), Experimenter with smoking (EX), Former Smoker (FS) and current smoker (CS). The question they were asked was: Do your peers care about keeping their weight down? The table below summarizes the data:

	NS	EX	FS	CS
A lot	6297	3613	187	2114
Somewhat	2882	1677	90	793
A little	1441	625	16	354
Not at all	1709	822	33	377

i. Why would a question be formed in terms of peer behavior rather than as a direct question to the person being interviewed?

ii. Based on the data, what is the proportion of teenagers who never smoked?

iii. What proportions of teenagers think their peers care a lot about keeping their weight down?

iv. What proportion for smoking teenagers think their peers care a lot about keeping their weight down?

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