The Following Table Gives the Numbers of AIDS Deaths in a Single

question 78

Multiple Choice

The following table gives the numbers of AIDS deaths in a single year for people over age 13 in various categories. Use the table to find the probability, rounded to four decimal places, that a person who died of AIDS in this year was female. ​

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• A) Pr(female) = 0.5758
• B) Pr(female) = 0.4242
• C) Pr(female) = 0.5601
• D) Pr(female) = 0.3664
• E) Pr(female) = 0.6179

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