Telephone Survey
a Political Telephone Survey of 360 People Asked

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Short Answer

Telephone survey
A political telephone survey of 360 people asked whether they were in favor or not in favor of a proposed law.Each person was identified as either Republican or Democrat.The results are shown in the following table:
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Party } & \text { In Favar } & \text { Nat in Favar } & \text { Undecided } & \text { Tatal } \\\hline \text { Republican } & 98 & 54 & 4 \square & 192 \\\hline \text { Democrat } & 79 & 29 & 60 & 168 \\\hline \text { Tatal } & 177 & 83 & 100 & 360 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Given that the respondent was in favor of the proposed law,what is the probability that they were a Republican?

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