document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1164360>Question 1164360</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A CBS News poll conducted June 10 and 11, 2006, among a nationwide random sample of 651 adults, asked those adults about their party affiliation (Democrat, Republican or none) and their opinion of how the US economy was changing (\"getting better,\" \"getting worse\" or \"about the same\"). The results are shown in the table below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 	better	same	worse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Republican	38	104	44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Democrat	12	87	137<BR>\n" );
document.write( "none	21	90	118\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Express your answers as a decimal and round to four decimal places.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we randomly select one of the adults who participated in this study, compute:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.  P(affiliated with neither party) = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.  P(better) = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.  P(better|affiliated with neither party) = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d.  P(affiliated with neither party|better) = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.  P(affiliated with neither party and better) = <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #788780 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=788780\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Republican 38 104 44  186<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Democrat   12 87 137   236<BR>\n" );
document.write( "none           21 90 118   229<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                   71  281 299  651\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a is 229/651. 0.3518<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. is 71/651 or 0.1091<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c is 21/118 or 0.1780<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d is 21/71 or 0.2958<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. 21/651 or 0.0323\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put in the totals and then one can find the numerator and denominator a lot easier. </SPAN>\n" );
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