The following data represent the number of traffic fatalities in the United States in 2009 by seat location and gender.

(a) Among female fatalities, what is the probability that a randomly selected fatality is the driver?
(b) Among passenger fatalities, what is the probability that a randomly selected fatality is female?
(c) Suppose you are a police officer called to the scene of a traffic accident with a fatality. The dispatcher states that the victim was driving, but the gender is not known. Is the victim more likely to be male or female? Why?

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Driver Passenger Total Male 32,873 6,453 39,326 Female 11,856 6,363 18,219 Total 44,729 12,816 57,545