Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Review - Case Study - The Case of the Body in the Bag - Page 319: 5

Answer

$P(victim~is~white~or~female)=\frac{8229}{14,990}\approx0.5490$

Work Step by Step

The sample space: $5067+1883+6+6294+1126+1+301+105+0+131+42+34=14,990$ murder victims. That is: $N(S)=14,990$ Now: $N(victim~is~white)=5067+1883+6=6956$ $N(victim~is~female)=1883+1126+105+42=3156$ $N(victim~is~white~and~female)=1883$ $P(victim~is~white~or~female)=P(victim~is~white)+P(victim~is~female)-P(victim~is~white~and~female)=\frac{N(victim~is~white)}{N(S)}+\frac{N(victim~is~female)}{N(S)}-\frac{N(victim~is~white~and~female)}{N(S)}=\frac{6956}{14,990}+\frac{3156}{14,990}-\frac{1883}{14,990}=\frac{8229}{14,990}\approx0.5490$
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