Last year, 1,394 calculators were returned to the manufacturer. If 72,000 were produced, assign a number to specify the probability that a particular calculator would be returned. Give the probability in decimal form (correct to two decimal places).
A) about $0.03$
B) about $0.06$
C) about $0.19$
D) about $0.02$
E) about $0.04$

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To find the probability of a calculator being returned, we divide the number of returned calculators by the total number of produced calculators:

$$\frac{1,394}{72,000} \approx 0.02$$

So the correct answer is D, about 0.02.

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