Middle school values Researchers carried out a survey of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in Michigan. Students were asked whether good grades, athletic ability, or being popular was most important to them. The two-way table summarizes the survey data.

Suppose we select one of these students at random.

  1. Find P(athletic | 5thgrade).
  2. Use your answer from part (a) to help determine if the events “5th grade” and “athletic” are independent.

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