2a). The customer service department of H&R Block received a total of 235 telephone requests for...

2a). The customer service department of H&R Block received a total of 235 telephone requests for a tip-sheet on personal tax or corporate tax. The following table summarizes callers' primary area of interest, and how they first heard about the tip-sheet.

Topic of most interest to caller	How the caller first heard about the report
	Radio	Newspaper	Television	Internet
Personal tax	34	20	26	20
Corporate tax	36	70	14	15

What is the probability a caller is interested in personal tax given that he first heard of the tip-sheet in the newspaper?

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