In a major city, between 2012and 2017, the police made300,000 (what are called)investigatory stops. If 70% ofthe residents of the city areblack and 10% of thepopulation of the city areinvolved in the stops, in a fairsystem of justice, what is theexpected probability of blackpeople being stopped bypolice? Show the mathformula that applies, the mathplug-ins, and answer.

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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