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Friendly’s Department Store has been the target of many shoplifters during the past month, but owing to increased security precautions ,250 shoplifters have been caught. Each shoplifter has been caught. Each shoplifter’s sex is noted; also noticed is whether the perpetrator was a first time or repeat offender. The data are summarized in the table .

Sex first time offender Repeat offender

Male 60 70

Female 44 76

Assume that an apprehended shoplifter is chosen at random, find

The probability that the shoplifter is male
The probability that the shoplifter is a first time offender, given that the shoplifter is male
The probability that the shoplifter is female and, given that the shoplifter is a repeat offender
The probability that the shoplifter is female and, given that the shoplifter first time offender.
The probability that the shoplifter is both male and a repeat offender.

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