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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §3.4 Contingency Tables · Exercise 17 · Probability · Conditional probability

Contingency Tables · Exercise 17

Use the information in the to answer the next eight exercises. The table shows the political party affiliation for various members of the U.S. Senate during two separate years when they are up for reelection.


Suppose that a member of the U.S. Senate is randomly selected. What is the probability that the senator is up for reelection in Year A, knowing that this senator is a Republican?

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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §3.4 Contingency Tables · Exercise 17

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