document.write( "Question 1050810: Congressional Terms. Below is given the summary from the 112th Congress of Senators whose terms end in the indicated year. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If a Senator is selected at random, find this probability:
\n" ); document.write( "P(Democrat and term expires in 2015)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(Democrat) = 42/78 = 7/13
\n" ); document.write( "P(Term Expires in 2015) = 20/35 = 4/7
\n" ); document.write( "Independent events so P(A n B) = P(A) x P(B) = 7/13 x 4/7 = 4/13
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document.write( "Party	       2013    2015    2017    Tot
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document.write( "Democrat	21		1       42
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document.write( "Republican	8	15	13      36
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document.write( "Total           29      35      14      78
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document.write( "P(Democrat and term expires in 2015) = 20/78 \n" );
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