According to the Associated Press report, 57 percent of parents who have purchas

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According to the Associated Press report, 57 percent of parents who have purchased TV sets after V-chips became standard equipment in January 2000 are aware that their sets have V-chips, and of those who are aware of the option, 34 percent have programmed their V-chips. Using these results, find an estimate of the probability that a randomly selected parent who has bought a TV set since January 2000 has programmed the V-chip. (Round your answers to 4 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

From the given,

P(Aware) = 0.57 [ANSWER]

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Also, as given,

P(Prog|Aware) = 0.34 [ANSWER]

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Hence,

P(Prof n Aware) = P(Aware)*P(Prog|Aware) = 0.57*0.34 = 0.1938 [ANSWER]

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