The two-way table below describes the members of the U.S Senate in a recent year. Male Female Democrats 47 13 Republicans 36 4If we select a U.S. senator at random, what's the probability that the senator is a female and a Democrat?

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The two-way table below describes the members of the U.S Senate in a recent year.                Male  Female  Democrats        47     13 Republicans      36      4If we select a U.S. senator at random, what&#039;s the probability that the senator is a female and a Democrat?

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The table contains data about 47 + 13+ 36+ 4 = 100 members in total. We note that 13 of the 100 members in the table are female and Democrats The probability is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes: P(Female and Democrats)=# of favorable outcomes# of possible outcomes=13100=0.13

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