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Suppose that 45% of voters favor democracy. Of all voters that favor democracy, 42% are male. What is the probability that a randomly selected voter is a male and favors democracy? Please show all work.
To understand this first let us know all the points that are given to us,
We need to find the probability that a randomly selected voter is a male and favours democracy
Let us consider there are a total of 1000 people and we know that 45% favours democracy.
Therefore number of people that favours democracy is=
Therefore 450 people favours democracy.
Now it is said that of all voters that favour democracy, 42% are male.
Therefore number of people that favours democracy and are male=
Therefore number of people that favours democracy and are male=189
Total number of people that we had=1000
Therefore probability that a randomly selected voter is a male and favours democracy is=
Therefore probability that a randomly selected voter is a male and favours democracy is=0.189