Suppose you randomly select a single incident of murder in 2004. Calculate the f

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Suppose you randomly select a single incident of murder in 2004. Calculate the following probabilities. Give answers in decimal form rounded to 4 decimal places.

1. P(the victim was black and was murdered by a female) =

2. P(the offender was male) =

3. P(the race of the victim was either white or black) =

4. P(offender’s sex was unknown or the victim was black) =

5. P(the victim was white or the offender was female) =

6. P(the offender was male given that the victim was white) =

7. P(the victim was black given that the offender was female) =

Race of the Offender Sex of the Offender Male Female Unknown White 3,309 373 45 Black 2,738 281 48 Other 159 16 2 Unknown 40 10 18

Explanation / Answer

Suppose you randomly select a single incident of murder in 2004. Calculate the following probabilities. Give answers in decimal form rounded to 4 decimal places.

1. P(the victim was black and was murdered by a female) =

2. P(the offender was male) =

3. P(the race of the victim was either white or black) =

4. P(offender’s sex was unknown or the victim was black) =

5. P(the victim was white or the offender was female) =

6. P(the offender was male given that the victim was white) =

7. P(the victim was black given that the offender was female) =

Race of the Offender Sex of the Offender Male Female Unknown White 3,309 373 45 Black 2,738 281 48 Other 159 16 2 Unknown 40 10 18

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