A political candidate wanted to understand what issues were important to their voters. They asked 1,999 voters, "Which issue is the most important: crime, city planning, or health care?" The results of the survey are shown in the two-way table below: Crime City Planning Health Care Male 118 239 458 Female 418 317 449 What is the probability that a person chosen at random from this survey is concerned about crime, given that they are male? Round your answer to the nearest tenth
"What is the probability that a person chosen at random from this survey is concerned about crime, given that they are male? Round your answer to the nearest tenth" "given that they are male" indicates that that we are only interested in the male votes here "probability that a person... is concerned about crime?" indicates that we are interested in those concerned about crime so you must first add up all the male votes, then find (# of males who voted for crime)/(total # of males)
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