document.write( "Question 1167571: Given the following data for an imaginary superhero universe:\r
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document.write( "Female 78 24 7
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document.write( "Male 83 40 46
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document.write( "What is the empirical probability that a randomly selected superhero will have telepathy?\r
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document.write( "Answer in decimal form. Round to 3 decimal places as needed
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Algebra.Com's Answer #852323 by CPhill(1987) You can put this solution on YOUR website! ```python?code_reference&code_event_index=2 \n" ); document.write( "# Data provided in the table \n" ); document.write( "data = { \n" ); document.write( " 'Female': {'Flying': 78, 'Telepathy': 24, 'Super Strength': 7}, \n" ); document.write( " 'Male': {'Flying': 83, 'Telepathy': 40, 'Super Strength': 46} \n" ); document.write( "}\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "# 1. Calculate Total Superheroes \n" ); document.write( "total_female = sum(data['Female'].values()) \n" ); document.write( "total_male = sum(data['Male'].values()) \n" ); document.write( "total_superheroes = total_female + total_male\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "# 2. Calculate Total Superheroes with Telepathy \n" ); document.write( "total_telepathy = data['Female']['Telepathy'] + data['Male']['Telepathy']\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "# 3. Calculate Empirical Probability of Telepathy \n" ); document.write( "probability_telepathy = total_telepathy / total_superheroes\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "# Print results \n" ); document.write( "print(f\"Total Superheroes: {total_superheroes}\") \n" ); document.write( "print(f\"Total Telepathy Superheroes: {total_telepathy}\") \n" ); document.write( "print(f\"Probability of Telepathy (decimal): {probability_telepathy}\") \n" ); document.write( "print(f\"Probability of Telepathy (rounded to 3 decimal places): {probability_telepathy:.3f}\")\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "```\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "```text?code_stdout&code_event_index=2 \n" ); document.write( "Total Superheroes: 278 \n" ); document.write( "Total Telepathy Superheroes: 64 \n" ); document.write( "Probability of Telepathy (decimal): 0.2302158273381295 \n" ); document.write( "Probability of Telepathy (rounded to 3 decimal places): 0.230\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "```\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The empirical probability that a randomly selected superhero will have telepathy is calculated by dividing the total number of superheroes with telepathy by the total number of superheroes.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "### 1\. Calculate the Total Number of Superheroes\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "$$\begin{aligned} \text{Total Superheroes} &= \text{Total Female} + \text{Total Male} \\ &= (78 + 24 + 7) + (83 + 40 + 46) \\ &= 109 + 169 \\ &= 278 \end{aligned}$$\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "### 2\. Calculate the Total Number of Superheroes with Telepathy\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "$$\begin{aligned} \text{Total Telepathy} &= \text{Female Telepathy} + \text{Male Telepathy} \\ &= 24 + 40 \\ &= 64 \end{aligned}$$\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "### 3\. Calculate the Empirical Probability\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "$$\begin{aligned} P(\text{Telepathy}) &= \frac{\text{Total Telepathy}}{\text{Total Superheroes}} \\ &= \frac{64}{278} \\ &\approx 0.230215...\end{aligned}$$\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rounding to 3 decimal places gives **0.230**. \n" ); document.write( " |