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According to a recent study, 8.6% of high school dropouts are 16- to 17-year-olds. in addition, 6.3% of high school dropouts are white 16- to 17-year-olds. what is the probability that a randomly selected dropout is white, given that he or she is 16 to 17 years old? g

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The formula for conditional probability is

... P(A|B) = P(A&B)/P(B)

Filling in the given numbers ...

... P(white | 16 or 17) = P(whiite & (16 or 17)) / P(16 or 17)

... = 6.3% / 8.6% ≈ 0.7326

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