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SOLUTION: We first arrange this <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation <strong>in</strong> a table:<br />

Husband\Wife Democrat Republican<br />

Democrat 60 40<br />

Republican<br />

90 160<br />

Note that the bottom-right corner represents the table total.<br />

We know that the number of husbands vot<strong>in</strong>g democrat is<br />

. This means that the<br />

number of husbands vot<strong>in</strong>g Republican is<br />

. Additionally, we conclude that the<br />

number of couples where the husband votes Republican and the wife votes Democrat is<br />

. We fill this <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation <strong>in</strong>:<br />

Husband\Wife Democrat Republican<br />

Democrat 60 40 100<br />

Republican 30 60<br />

90 160<br />

This allows us to fill <strong>in</strong> the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g details <strong>in</strong> the table:<br />

Husband\Wife Democrat Republican<br />

Democrat 60 40 100<br />

Republican 30 30 60<br />

90 70 160<br />

We convert the totals <strong>in</strong>to percentages by divid<strong>in</strong>g each cell entry by the total number of couples,<br />

160:<br />

Husband\Wife Democrat Republican<br />

Democrat .375 .25 .625<br />

Republican .1875 .1875 .375<br />

.5625 .4375<br />

Let<br />

So,<br />

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 103

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