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6.47 A Gallup survey of 2002 adults found that 46% of women and 37% of men experience pain daily (San Luis Obispo Tribune, April 6, 2000). Suppose that this information is representative of adult Americans. If an adult American is selected at random, are the events se- lected adult is male and selected adult experiences pain daily independent or dependent? Explain.

6.48 In a small city, approximately 15% of those eli- gible are called for jury duty in any one calendar year. People are selected for jury duty at random from those eligible, and the same individual cannot be called more than once in the same year. What is the probability that a particular eligible person in this city is selected in each of the next 2 years? In each of the next 3 years?

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