Solved: Prison Populations If 25% of U.S. federal prison

Chapter 4, Problem 6

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Prison Populations If 25% of U.S. federal prison inmates are not U.S. citizens, find the probability that 2 randomly selected federal prison inmates will not be U.S. citizens. 6.3% Source: Harpers Index.

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QUESTION:

Prison Populations If 25% of U.S. federal prison inmates are not U.S. citizens, find the probability that 2 randomly selected federal prison inmates will not be U.S. citizens. 6.3% Source: Harpers Index.

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If two events  and  are independent, then we have:

Now, let  denote the event that a federal person inmate is not a US citizen.

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