document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=478970>Question 478970</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The table shows the number of employed and unemployed workers in the United States in thousands in 2000. Assume that one person will be randomly selected from the group described in the table. Find the probability of selecting a person who is employed given that the person is male.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the table are these #'s under these headings from Left to Right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             Employed******/*********Unemployed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Male         67761*********/*********2433<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Female       58655*********/*********2285<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have tried dividing only the males who are employed by the unemployed males but do not know if that is correct or not. Thank you for your time. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the probability of selecting a person who is employed given that the person is male.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: The \"Given\" condition becomes your universe.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you only look for the number of employed on the \"male\" line.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the table are these #'s under these headings from Left to Right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             Employed******/*********Unemployed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Male         67761*********/*********2433<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Female       58655*********/*********2285<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have tried dividing only the males who are employed by the unemployed males but do not know if that is correct or not.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: 67761/(67761+2433) = 0.9653<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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