Find the conditional probability. The following contingency table provides a joint frequency distribution for the popular votes cast in the 1984 presidential election by region and political party. Data are in thousands, rounded to the nearest thousand.   Democrat Republican Other Total North East 9, 046 11, 336 101   Mid West 10, 511 14, 761 169   South 10, 998 17, 699 136   West 7,022 10, 659 214   Total         A person who voted in the 1984 presidential election is selected at random. Compute the probability that the person selected voted Democrat given that they were in the Northeast. Group of answer choices 0.098 0.241 0.442 0.406

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Find the conditional probability.

The following contingency table provides a joint frequency distribution for the popular votes cast in the 1984 presidential election by region and political party. Data are in thousands, rounded to the nearest thousand.

  Democrat Republican Other Total
North East 9, 046 11, 336 101  
Mid West 10, 511 14, 761 169  
South 10, 998 17, 699 136  
West 7,022 10, 659 214  
Total        


A person who voted in the 1984 presidential election is selected at random. Compute the probability that the person selected voted Democrat given that they were in the Northeast.

Group of answer choices
0.098
0.241
0.442
0.406
 
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