A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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In a certain year, the U.S. Senate was made up of 53 Democrats, 45 Republicans, and 2 Independents who caucus with the Democrats. In a survey of the U.S. Senate conducted at that time, every senator was asked whether he or she owned at least one gun. Of the Democrats, 18 declared themselves gun owners; of the Republicans, 27 of them declared themselves gun owners; none of the Independents owned guns. If a senator participating in that survey was picked at random and turned out to be a gun owner, what was the
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