The Bureau of the Census in the United States attempted to count every U.S. resident. Suppose that the counts in the table are obtained for four counties in one region. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)
Race/Ethnicity
County
Caucasian Hispanic Black Asian
American
Indian
Monterey
164,000 139,000 24,000 40,000
4,000
San Luis Obispo
190,000
38,000 8,000 9,000 4,000
Santa Barbara
240,000
122,000 13,000 24,000
6,000
Ventura
430,000
232,000 19,000 50,000 8,000
(a) If one person is selected at random from this region, what is the estimated probability that the selected person is from Ventura County?
0.4185
X
(b) If one person is selected at random from Ventura County, what is the estimated probability that the selected person is Hispanic?
0.3145
X
(c) If one Hispanic person is selected at random from this region, what is the estimated probability that the selected individual is from Ventura County?
0.4376
X
(d) If one person is selected at random from this region, what is the estimated probability that the selected person is an Asian from San Luis Obispo County?
0.0051