Gender and Divorce. According to Americas Families and Living Arrangements, published by the U.S. Census Bureau, 51.5%

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Gender and Divorce. According to America’s Families and Living Arrangements, published by the U.S. Census Bureau, 51.5%

of U.S. adults are female, 10.4% of U.S. adults are divorced, and 6.0% of U.S. adults are divorced females. For a U.S. adult selected at random, let F = event the person is female, and D = event the person is divorced.

a. Obtain P(F), P(D), and P(F & D).

b. Determine P(F or D), and interpret your answer in terms of percentages.

c. Find the probability that a randomly selected adult is male.

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Introductory Statistics

ISBN: 9781292099729

10th Global Edition

Authors: Neil A. Weiss

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