A poll was conducted in states A, B, and C to determine which candidate voters would most likely vote for. The results are displayed in the table below:What is P(conservative | State B)? State A State B State C TotalLiberal 17 20 12 49Conservative 23 15 13 51Total 40 35 25 100
Accepted Solution
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Answer:15/35 = 3/7 = 0.428571Explanation:We are asked to find the probability that a given voter is conservative given they are in State B.Going to the State B column, we see that there are 15 conservatives. This is out of a total of 35 voters in state B; this makes the probability 15/35.