The Table Shows the Popular Votes Cast in the U

question 37

Multiple Choice

The table shows the popular votes cast in the U.S.A in the 1984 presidential election classified by region and political party.Data are in thousands,rounded to the nearest thousand. $\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}&&\text {Political Party }\\\hline \text { Region}& \text { Demo. } & \text { Repub. } & \text { Other } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Northeast } & 9046 & 11,336 & 101 & 20,483 \\\hline \text { Midwest } & 10,511 & 14,761 & 169 & 25,441 \\\hline \text { South } & 10,998 & 17,699 & 136 & 28,833 \\\hline \text { West } & 7022 & 10,659 & 214 & 17,895 \\\hline \text { Total } & 37,577 & 54,455 & 620 & 92,652 \\\hline\end{array}$ Find the probability that a voter who lives in the Northeast voted Democrat.

• A)0.406
• B)0.098
• C)0.558
• D)0.442
• E)0.241

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