Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he will eat meat only from animals that he has killed himself (Vanity Fair, November 2011). Suppose 257 people were asked, "Does the idea of killing your own food appeal to you, or not?" The accompanying contingency table, cross-classified by gender, is produced from the 187 respondents. Male Female Yes 35 20 No 56 76 The probability that a respondent to the survey is male is the closest to

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Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he will eat meat only from animals that he has killed himself (Vanity Fair,
November 2011). Suppose 257 people were asked, "Does the idea of killing your own food appeal to you, or not?" The accompanying
contingency table, cross-classified by gender, is produced from the 187 respondents.
Male
Female
Yes
35
20
No
56
76
The probability that a respondent to the survey is male is the closest to
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0.64
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Given Information:

  Male Female Total
Yes 35 20 55
No 56 76 132
  91 96 187

To find the probability that a respondent to the survey is male:

Probability of an event is given by the formula:

PE=favourable outcomesTotal possible outcomes

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