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A random sample of 473 students and professors were asked about their political party affiliation. The following contingency table summarizes their responses.
Independent Republican Democrat
Student 66 70 92
Professor 100 60 85
Suppose one participant is randomly selected from the group. Calculate the following probabilities.
Round solutions to three decimal places, if necessary.
Student and Independent
Republican and Professor
Democrat or Professor
Democrat or Independent
Republican and Independent
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I work this problem following your example P(student and independent) is incorrect their response is 0.14 not 0.127
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