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document.write( "Data on the governors of the fifty states are given in the table.\r\n" );
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document.write( " 	Democrats	Republicans	Independents\r\n" );
document.write( "Male	   12	           28	             0\r\n" );
document.write( "Female	    8	            2	             0\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find the probability that a governor is female, given that the governor is a Democrat.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Find the probability that a governor is female, given that the governor is a Republican.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a)  Look at the Table.  You see the Democrats are 12 males + 8 females. THEREFORE\r\n" );
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document.write( "         P (female | Democrat) =  =  =  = 0.4.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  Look at the Table. You see that the Republicans are 28 males and 2 females.  THEREFORE,\r\n" );
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document.write( "         P (female | Republican) =  =  = .      ANSWER.\r\n" );
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