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If you restrict your attention to workers who like to drink beer, what is the probability that a randomly selected blue-collar worker prefers to drink light beer

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If we restrict our attention to workers who like to drink beer, the probability that a randomly selected blue-collar worker prefers to drink light beer is 0.2 or 20%.

How the probability is determined:

The number of workers who like to drink beer = 250

The number of blue-collar workers who like to drink beer = 150

The number of blue-collar workers who like light beer = 50

The number of blue-collar workers who prefer regular beer = 100

The number of white-collar workers who like to drink beer = 100

The number of white-collar workers who prefer light beer = 50

The number of white-collar workers who prefer regular beer = 50

Thus, the probability that a randomly selected blue-collar worker who prefers to drink light beer = 50/250 = 0.2 or 20%.

Question Completion:

The number of workers who like to drink beer = 250

The number of blue-collar workers who like to drink beer = 150 (light beer = 50 and regular beer = 100)

The number of white-collar workers who like to drink beer = 100 (light beer = 50 and regular beer = 50)

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