SOLUTION: Thirty-three percent of tourists in New York City attend a Broadway play. Give that a tourist attends a play the probability he/she will take a tour of NYC is seventy five percent

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Question 417677: Thirty-three percent of tourists in New York City attend a Broadway play. Give that a tourist attends a play the probability he/she will take a tour of NYC is seventy five percent. What is the probability a tourist will do both?
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Thirty-three percent of tourists in New York City attend a Broadway play. Give that a tourist attends a play the probability he/she will take a tour of NYC is seventy five percent. What is the probability a tourist will do both?
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P(Attend) = 0.33
P(tour|attend) = 0.75
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P(tour and attend) = P(tour|attend)*P(attend) = 0.75*0.33 = 0.25
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Stan H.