THE 200 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY ESTIMATES THAT 14.6% OF AMERICANS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, 20.7% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME, AND 4.2%

Question

IF I CHOOSE TWO AMERICANS AT RANDOM AND INDEPENDENTLY WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT BOTH LIVE BELOW POVERTY LINE GIVE ANSWER TO THE NEAREST WHOLE PERCENT

Answer 1

If 14.6% live below the poverty line that means the probability is .146.

 

Getting both below the poverty line independently means you need to multiply the probabilities.

 

That being said where do you go from here?