Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that in a certain month, 39.7% of the labor force had a high school diploma or fewer years of education, 29.2% had some college or an associate's degree, and 31.1% had a bachelor's degree or more education. Of those with a high school diploma or fewer years of education, 7.5% were unemployed. Of those with some college or an associate's degree, 3.9% were unemployed, and of those with a bachelor's degree or more education, 3.5% were unemployed. Find the probability that a randomly chosen labor force participant has some college or an associate's degree given that he o she is employed.

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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that in a certain month, 39.7% of the labor force had a high school diploma or fewer years of education, 29.2%
had some college or an associate's degree, and 31.1% had a bachelor's degree or more education. Of those with a high school diploma or fewer years of
education, 7.5% were unemployed. Of those with some college or an associate's degree, 3.9% were unemployed, and of those with a bachelor's degree or more
education, 3.5% were unemployed. Find the probability that a randomly chosen labor force participant has some college or an associate's degree given that he or
she is employed.
The probability is
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Transcribed Image Text:Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that in a certain month, 39.7% of the labor force had a high school diploma or fewer years of education, 29.2% had some college or an associate's degree, and 31.1% had a bachelor's degree or more education. Of those with a high school diploma or fewer years of education, 7.5% were unemployed. Of those with some college or an associate's degree, 3.9% were unemployed, and of those with a bachelor's degree or more education, 3.5% were unemployed. Find the probability that a randomly chosen labor force participant has some college or an associate's degree given that he or she is employed. The probability is Tune on integer de cim ol rounded to three decimal plasse so RA
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