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Race and ethnicity The Census Bureau allows each person to choose from a long list of races. That is, in the eyes of the Census Bureau, you belong to whatever race you Chapter Review Exercises Chapter Review Exercises 335 say you belong to. Hispanic (also called Latino) is a separate category. Hispanics may be of any race. If we choose a resident of the United States at random, the Census Bureau gives these probabilities:25 Hispanic Not Hispanic Asian 0.001 0.044 Black 0.006 0.124 White 0.139 0.674 Other 0.003 0.009 (a) Verify that this is a legitimate assignment of probabilities. (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen American is Hispanic? (c) Non-Hispanic whites are the historical majority in the United States. What is the probability that a randomly chosen American is not a member of this group? (d) Explain why P(white or Hispanic) P(white) + P(Hispanic). Then find P(white or Hispanic). s Use a Venn diagram to model a chance process involving two events. s Use the general addition rule to calculate P(A B).