21. A survey involving 600 Democrats, 400 Republicans and 200 Independents asked the question: "Do you favor or oppose eliminating taxes on dividends paid to shareholders?" The following results were obtained: Answer Democrats, % Republicans, % Independents, % Favor 29 66 48 Oppose 71 34 52 What is the probability that a person selected at random from this survey answered "favor"?

21. A survey involving 600 Democrats, 400 Republicans and 200 Independents asked the question: "Do you favor or oppose eliminating taxes on dividends paid to shareholders?" The following results were obtained: Answer Democrats, % Republicans, % Independents, % Favor 29 66 48 Oppose 71 34 52 What is the probability that a person selected at random from this survey answered "favor"?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

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