A group of people were asked if they had run a red light in the last year. 144 responded "yes", and 391 responded "no". Find the probability that if a person is chosen at random, they have run a red light in the last year. Give your answer as a fraction or decimal

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[tex]\text{Probability is determined by what you're trying to find over the}\\\text{total amount of possibilities}\\\\\text{We know that 144 people responded as "yes" to running a red light}\\\text{That's the factor we're trying to find the probability for}\\\\\text{Now find the total by adding 144 and 391}\\\\144+391=535\\\\\text{The probability would be written as:}\,\,\frac{144}{535}\\\\\text{Since there's nothing that can simplify the fraction, that would be your}\\\text{answer}\\[/tex]

[tex]\boxed{\text{Answer:}\,\,\frac{144}{535}}[/tex]