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According to a research agency, in 17% of marriages the woman has a bachelor's degree and the marriage
lasts at least 20 years. According to a census report, 42% of women have a bachelor's degree. What is the
probability a randomly selected marriage will last at least 20 years if the woman has a bachelor's degree?
Note: 54% of all marriages last at least 20 years.

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The probability of a randomly selected marriage in the case when the woman has a bachelor's degree is 0.40.

Given that,

  • There is 17% of married women have bachelor's degree.
  • And, 42% of the women represent the bachelor degree.

Based on the above information, the probability should be

= 0.17 ÷ 0.42

= 0.40

Therefore we can conclude that the probability of a randomly selected marriage in the case when the woman has a bachelor's degree is 0.40.

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