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3.4 Exercise 24

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use the information in the the table to answer the next eight exercises. The table shows the political party affiliation of each of 67 members of the U.S. Senate in June 2012, and when they would next be up for reelection.

Up for Reelection: Democratic Party Republican Party Other Total
November 2014 20 13 0
November 2016 10 24 0
Total

What is the probability that a randomly selected senator had an Other affiliation?

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