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A recent 10-year study conducted by a research team at the GreatFalls Medical School was conducted to assess how age, systolicblood pressure, and smoking relate to the risk of strokes. Assumethat the following data are from a portion of this study. Risk isinterpreted as the probability (times 100) that the patient willhave a stroke over the next 10-year period. For the smokingvariable, define a dummy variable with 1 indicating a smoker and 0indicating a nonsmoker.


Risk

Age
Systolic
Blood
Pressure

Smoker
1056145No
2555160No
1060156No
5888175Yes
2760195Yes
4975185Yes
1555156Yes
3277120No
3580135No
157898No
2271152No
3670173Yes
1567135No
4877209No
1460199No
3682119Yes
865166No
3482125No
361117No
3960208Yes
(c)What is the probability of a stroke over the next 10 years forArt Speen, a 67-year-old smoker who has a systolic blood pressureof 165?
If required, round your answer to two decimal places.Do not round intermediate calculations.

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