SOLUTION: 09-30-2011, 09:11 PM Angus reid conducted a survey of adult canadians finding that over all 56% supported the legalization of marijuana. the percenatage of support was different a

Question 1042809: 09-30-2011, 09:11 PM
Angus reid conducted a survey of adult canadians finding that over all 56% supported the legalization of marijuana. the percenatage of support was different among voters for the three major parties (in the table below). for instance 17% of people both supported legalization of marijuana and also were conservative voters

conservative liberal Ndp
Supported 17% 21% 18%
Opposed 26% 9% 7%
Not sure 1% 1% 0%

1) what is the probability that a liberal voter opposed the legalization of marijuana?
2) what is the probability that someone who supported the legalization of marijuana was an NDP voter?
3) suppose i talk to 5 people about support for the legalization of marijuana at a meeting of the liberal party where everyone is a liberal voter. what is the probability that none of the 5 people supports the legalization?
4) is voting conservative independent of opposing the legalization of marijuana?
5) are voting conservative and opposing the legalization of marijuana mutually exclusive?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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conservative liberal Ndp Totals
Supported 17% 21% 18%....56%
Opposed 26% 9% 7%.....42%
Not sure 1% 1% 0%..... 2%
Totals........44%........31%.......25%.....100%
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1) what is the probability that a liberal voter opposed the legalization of marijuana? :: 9/31
2) what is the probability that someone who supported the legalization of marijuana was an NDP voter?:: 18/56
3) suppose i talk to 5 people about support for the legalization of marijuana at a meeting of the liberal party where everyone is a liberal voter. what is the probability that none of the 5 people supports the legalization?::0.79^5
4) is voting conservative independent of opposing the legalization of marijuana?
Check P(vote cons)*P(legalize mara) = P(vote cons|legalize mara)
0.44*0.56 ?=? (0.17/0.56)
not equal, so not independent
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5) are voting conservative and opposing the legalization of marijuana mutually exclusive?
I'll leave that to you.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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