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Question 139724: Can you please help me with this?
If one person is chosen randomly from the list of all the members of the House and Senate for that year, what is the probability that the person chosen was a Democratic senator?
Member of Democrat Republican Other Total
House 292 143 0 435
Senate 61 38 1 100
Total 353 181 1 535
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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61/535=.114 or 11.4% That it would be a Democrat senator.