SOLUTION: (60 points) The number of cars and the number of SUVs going through the toll gates of the George Washington Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge is recorded. The results are shown bel

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Question 1119757: (60 points) The number of cars and the number of SUVs going through the toll gates of the George Washington Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge is recorded. The results are shown below.
If one of these vehicles going through the toll gate of one of these two bridges is selected at random, determine the probability that:
a. it is an SUV.
b. it is going through the toll gate of the George Washington Bridge.
c. it is an SUV, given that it is going through the toll gate of the George Washington Bridge.
d. it is going through the toll gate of the Golden Gate Bridge, given that it is a car.
Bridge Cars SUVs Total
George Washington 120 106 226
Golden Gate 94 136 230
Total 214 242 456
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Bridge Cars SUVs Total
George Washington 120 106 226
Golden Gate 94 136 230
Total 214 242 456
a. SUV probability is 242/456 or 0.5307
b. This is 226/456 or 0.4956
c. This is 106/226 or 0.4690
d. This is 94/214 or 0.4393