The table below provides summary information about students in a class. The gender of each individual and the major is given. Male Female Total Accounting 12 18 30 Finance 10 8 18 Other 26 26 52 Total 48 52 100 A student is randomly selected from this group, and it is found that the student is majoring in finance. What is the probability that the student is a male? 0.21 0.56 0.48 0.78 0.10
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