A recent poll asked 16- to 21-year-olds whether or not they are likely to serve in the U.S. military. The following table, cross-classified by gender and race, reports the percentage of those polled who responded that they are likely or very likely to serve in the active-duty military.

a. What is the probability that a randomly selected respondent is female?
b. What is the probability that a randomly selected respondent is Hispanic?
c. Given that a respondent is female, what is the probability that she is Hispanic?
d. Given that a respondent is white, what is the probability that the respondent is male?
e. Are the events €œMale€ and €œWhite€ independent? Explain usingprobabilities.

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Gender Male Female Hispanic 33.5% 14.5% Race Black 20.5% 10.5% White 16.5% 4.5%