The following table lists the probabilities of unemployedfemales and males and t

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The following table lists the probabilities of unemployedfemales and males and their educational attainment.                                                                      Female    Male Less than highschool                                      .083        .109 High schoolgraduate                                     .153        .190 Some college/university-nodegree                 .132        .133 College/universitygraduate                            .091        .108 a. If one unemployed person is selected at random, what is theprobability that he or she did not finish    highschool? b. If and unemployed female is selected at randem, what is theprobability that she has a college or university degree? c. If an unemployed high school graduate is selected atrandom, what is the probability that he is a male? The following table lists the probabilities of unemployedfemales and males and their educational attainment.                                                                      Female    Male Less than highschool                                      .083        .109 High schoolgraduate                                     .153        .190 Some college/university-nodegree                 .132        .133 College/universitygraduate                            .091        .108 a. If one unemployed person is selected at random, what is theprobability that he or she did not finish    highschool? b. If and unemployed female is selected at randem, what is theprobability that she has a college or university degree? c. If an unemployed high school graduate is selected atrandom, what is the probability that he is a male?

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a) .083 + .109 = .192 b) .091 / (.083 + .153 + .132 + .091) = .091 / .459 ˜.1983

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