document.write( "Question 1152080: The probability that an employs at a company is female is.36. The probability that an employee is female and married is .19. Find the conditional probability that a randomly selected employee from this company is married given that she is female. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "By the definition of the conditional probability, in this case \r\n" );
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document.write( "    the conditional probability that a randomly selected employee from this company is married given that she is female\r\n" );
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document.write( "    is equal to the ratio of the probability that an employee is female and married (which is 0.19)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    to the probability that an employee at a company is female (which is 0.36).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the ANSWER to the problem's question is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  = 0.527778.\r\n" );
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