Marital Status Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Currently Married 319 738 1057 Divorced or Separated 130 329 459 Widowed 88 402 490 Never Married or Living As an Unmarried Couple 41 95 136 Total 578 1564 2142 Source: Steven S. Coughlin, Robert J. Uhler, Thomas Richards, and Katherine M. Wilson, “Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Practices Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Women Residing Near the United States–Mexico Border, 1999–2000,” Family and Community Health, 26 (2003), 130–139. (a) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is divorced or separated? (b) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram and learn that she is Hispanic. With that information, what is the probability that she is married? (c) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is nonHispanic and divorced or separated? (d) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is Hispanic or she is widowed? (e) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is not marrie
Marital Status
Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total
Currently Married
319
738 1057
Divorced or Separated
130
329 459
Widowed
88
402 490
Never Married or Living As
an Unmarried Couple
41
95 136
Total
578
1564 2142
Source: Steven S. Coughlin, Robert J. Uhler, Thomas Richards, and Katherine
M. Wilson, “Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Practices Among Hispanic
and Non-Hispanic Women Residing Near the United States–Mexico Border,
1999–2000,” Family and Community Health, 26 (2003), 130–139.
(a) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is
divorced or separated?
(b) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram and learn that she is Hispanic. With that
information, what is the probability that she is married?
(c) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is nonHispanic and divorced or separated?
(d) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is
Hispanic or she is widowed?
(e) We select at random a subject who had a mammogram. What is the probability that she is not married?
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