SOLUTION: In a recent exit poll, 60% of the respondents felt that the country was generally going in the right direction. Twenty-four percent of the respondents were Republicans who felt tha

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Question 419088: In a recent exit poll, 60% of the respondents felt that the country was generally going in the right direction. Twenty-four percent of the respondents were Republicans who felt that the country was generally going in the right direction. If a person in this poll felt that the country was generally going in the right direction, find the probability that the person was Republican
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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24/60 = 2/5 the probability that the person was Republican, given that he thought that the country was generally going in the right direction.
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Ed