A certain company has an equal number of male and female employees. Suppose it is known...
A certain company has an equal number of male and female employees. Suppose it is known that 7% of male employees at the company are color-blind. Suppose also that 4% of all employees at the company are known to be color-blind.
(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected employee is both color-blind and male.
(b) Are the events “male” and “color-blind” Independent? Why or why not? Justify your answer.
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