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a) an unfavorable opinion of capital punishment given that they have untapped math skills.

b) an unfavorable opinion of capital punishment or untapped math skills.

c) an unfavorable opinion of capital punishment and untapped math skills.

d) an unfavorable opinion of capital punishment.

e) untapped math skills.

f) untapped math skills given that they have an unfavorable opinion of capital punishment.

g) Is there an apparent relationship between one’s opinion of capital punishment and math skills? Provide evidence and describe any relationship.

 Dec 22, 2020
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I think I can do a few, GM

 

a)  P ( UF l UT)  =  86 / ( 77 + 87 + 86)   =  86  / 250  =  43 / 125

 

b)  P ( UF  or UT)  = P ( UF U UT)  =   P(UF)  + P( UT)  - P(UF   ∩  UT)  =

     

                                                   (86 + 21)          250          86             21  + 250            271

                                                  ________  +   _____  -   _____  =    _________ =      ____

                                                     300               300           300             300                   300

 

c)  P (UF  and UT )  =   P(UF  ∩ UT)  =    86/300  =  43/150

 

d)  P(UF)   =   (86 + 21)  / 300  =    107 / 300

 

e) P (UT)  =  (250)/300  =  25/30  =  5/6

 

f)  P ( UT l UF )    =  86  / (86 + 21)  =   86 / 107

 

g)  It appears  that  the greater one's math skills, the less one supports capital punishment

 

Ex : 

89 people had a favorable opinion of capital punishment

77 of these had untapped skills  = (77/89)  = 86.5%

But  only 12  had max skills  =  (12/89)  = 13.5%

 

 

cool cool cool                                                            

 Dec 22, 2020
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Thanks again, CPhill, for your efforts! I didn't know how to approach this kind of problem, so I needed help to learn about this probability issue. I also posted another math problem similar to this one that you can check out here.

GAMEMASTERX40  Dec 22, 2020
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yea GM You have posted alot of word questions lately! 

 Dec 23, 2020

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