The Following Contingency Table Provides a Joint Frequency Distribution for the Popular

question 98

Essay

The following contingency table provides a joint frequency distribution for the popular votes cast in the presidential election by region and political party. Data are in thousands, rounded to the nearest thousand. If a person who voted in the presidential election is selected at random, $P \left( R _ { 2 } \mid P _ { 1 } \right) = 0.280$ . Interpret this probability in terms of percentages.

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