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As you probably know, the Titantic, on its maiden voyage, hit an iceberg and sank in the matter of hours. The following table summarizes the classes of people and their surviving.
Survived | Died | Total | |
First class | 203 | 122 | 325 |
Second class | 118 | 167 | 285 |
Third class | 178 | 528 | 706 |
Crew | 212 | 696 | 908 |
Total | 711 | 1513 | 2224 |
Compute each
A. the person was in first class
B. the person died
C. the person was in first class and died.
D. the person was in first class or died.
E. the person was in first class given they died.
F. the person died given they were in first class.
G. Based on the data, was whether a person died and the class of the person, dependent or independent?
- Independent
- Dependent
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