The data on the right represent the number of traffic fatalities by seat locatio

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The data on the right represent the number of traffic fatalities by seat location and gender. Consider a victim randomly selected from the study a. What is the probability that the victim is a female? Driver6,452 6,408 12,860 b. Given that the victim was in the passenger seat, what is the probability that the victim is a female? Male Female Total Passenger 32,703 11,902 44,605 Total39,155 18,310 57,465 a. The probability that the victim is a female is Round to three decimal places as needed.) b. The probability that the victim is a female, given that the victim was in the passenger seat, is (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

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Solution :

From given table,

a) The probbility that the victim is a female is ,

= 18310 / 57465

= 0.319

Probability = 0.319

b) The probability that the victim is a female, given that the victim was in the passenger seat is ,

= 11902 / 44605

= 0.267

Probability = 0.267

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