A Small Town Has 8000 Adult Males and 6500 Adult

question 43

Multiple Choice

A small town has 8000 adult males and 6500 adult females. A sociologist conducted a survey and found that 40% of the males and 30% of the females drink heavily. An adult is selected at random from the town. What is the probability, rounded to four decimal places, that the person is male M, if it is known that the person drinks heavily DH? ​

• A)Pr(M | DH) = 0.4483
• B)Pr(M | DH) = 0.8040
• C)Pr(M | DH) = 0.3786
• D)Pr(M | DH) = 0.5517
• E)Pr(M | DH) = 0.6214

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