Given the following table summarizing the responses of 270 people to toe question 'which evening news program do you watch most often': Viewers ABC NBC CBS Other Total Men 30 20 40 55 145 Women 50 10 20 45 125 Total 80 30 60 100 270 If one of these individuals is selected at random, what is the probability that the person watches: • a station other than CBS, given that they are a woman • NBC or CBS, given that the individual is a man

Given the following table summarizing the responses of 270 people to toe question 'which evening news program do you watch most often': Viewers ABC NBC CBS Other Total Men 30 20 40 55 145 Women 50 10 20 45 125 Total 80 30 60 100 270 If one of these individuals is selected at random, what is the probability that the person watches: • a station other than CBS, given that they are a woman • NBC or CBS, given that the individual is a man

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