Audrey Sees Someone Sitting in a Fast-Food Restaurant Who Looks

question 67

Multiple Choice

Audrey sees someone sitting in a fast-food restaurant who looks like the President of the United States. Before she goes over to ask for an autograph and offer her advice on the world situation, she should consider the base-rate information. That is, she should consider

• A) whether she could get in trouble for bothering the president.
• B) how long it is until the next presidential election.
• C) what would happen if she was wrong and this was not the president.
• D) how many other people look like the president.

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