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Math · Problem-Solving and Data Analysis · Medium · Answer it here, explanation included.
| Ages | Number |
| 40–44 | 2 |
| 45–49 | 7 |
| 50–54 | 13 |
| 55–59 | 11 |
| 60–64 | 7 |
| 65–69 | 3 |
The table above gives the number of United States presidents from 1789 to 2015 whose age at the time they first took office is within the interval listed. Of those presidents who were at least 50 years old when they first took office, what fraction were at least 60 years old?
ExplanationShow
Choice B is correct. The sample space is restricted to the presidents who were at least 50 years old when they first took office. Therefore, the sum of the values in the final four rows of the table, 
, is the total number of presidents in the sample space. The number of presidents who were at least 60 years old is the sum of the values in the final two rows of the table: 
. Thus, the fraction of the 34 presidents who were at least 50 years old when they first took office who were at least 60 years old is 
.
Choice A is incorrect. This is the fraction of all presidents in the table who were at least 60 years old when they first took office. Choice C is incorrect and may result from treating the number of presidents who were between 50 and 59 years old when they first took office, instead of the number of presidents who were at least 50 years old, as the sample space. Choice D is incorrect and may result from a calculation error.
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