Compute Conditional Probabilities
-The Breakdown of Workers in a Particular $0.474$

question 126

Multiple Choice

Compute Conditional Probabilities
-The breakdown of workers in a particular state according to their political affiliation and type of job held is shown here. Suppose a worker is selected at random within the state and the worker's political affiliation and type of job are noted. Given the worker is a Democrat, what is the probability that the worker is in a white collar job.

• A) \(0.474\)
• B) \(0.529\)
• C) \(0.333\)
• D) \(0.704\)

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