document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=983036>Question 983036</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The U.S. Bureau of Justice statistics reported that in 1995, 12,249 men and woman escaped from state prisons. Of these, 12,766 were captured. If a 1995  escapee is selected at random, find the probability that the escapee was captured.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is an error in this problem. 12766 out of 12249 could not be captured,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "more captured than escaped.  </SPAN>\n" );
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