Data was collected regarding purchases at a major department store. For each customer making a purchase, the amount of the purchase and the method of payment was recorded. The data is summarized in the table below. Under$50$50−$200Over$200TotalCash25301065Store Credit Card407050160Other Credit Card4515080275Total110250140500 Use this data to estimate the following probability. Find the probability that a customer will spend under $50 on a purchase but will not use cash. Give the answer as a decimal. The probability is ?.

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Data was collected regarding purchases at a major department store. For each customer making a purchase, the amount of the purchase and the method of payment was recorded. The data is summarized in the table below.  Under$50$50−$200Over$200TotalCash25301065Store Credit Card407050160Other Credit Card4515080275Total110250140500  Use this data to estimate the following probability.  Find the probability that a customer will spend under $50 on a purchase but will not use cash.  Give the answer as a decimal.  The probability is ?.

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Step 1  Given,  Under$50$50−$200Over$200TotalCash25301065Store Credit Card407050160Other Credit Card4515080275Total110250140500  P(Customer will spend under 50 on purchase but will not use cash)?  Step 2  P(Customer will spend under 50 on purchase but will not use cash)?  =40+45500  =85500  =0.17

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