A total of 28,468 adults were asked whether they thought the U.S. government should reduce the income differences between the rich and the poor. Table 55 compares the adults€™ responses with their political party affiliations.

a. What proportion of those surveyed think the government should take no action about the income difference?
b. What proportion of those surveyed are Independents?
c. What proportion of the Democrats surveyed think the government should reduce the income difference?
d. What proportion of the Republicans surveyed think the government should reduce the income difference? Compare your result with the result you found in part (c).
e. What proportion of the surveyed adults who think the government should reduce the income difference are Republicans?
f. A student says the results for parts (d) and (e) should be equal because both parts involve Republicans who think the government should reduce the income difference. What would you tell the student?

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Table 55 Opinion about Income Difference versus Political Party Affiliation Reduce Democrat Independent Republican Other Total Difference No Opinion Take No Action Total 10,313 10,240 7513 402 5895 4849 2344 169 13,257 2085 2179 1390 68 5722 2333 3212 3779 165 9489 28,468