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3.5 Exercise 39

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use the information in the the table to answer the next eight exercises. The table shows the political party affiliation for various members of the U.S. Senate during two separate years when they are up for reelection.

Up for reelection: Democratic party Republican party Other Total
Year A 20 13 0
Year B 10 24 0
Total

Suppose that a member of the U.S. Senate is randomly selected. Given that the randomly selected senator is up for reelection in Year B, what is the probability that this senator is a Democrat?

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